WOW! I laughed, I cried, I slept.

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2005)

This is a horrible waste of time and talent (both mine).
I laughed: My brother actually bought this DVD.
I cried: I almost rented it first and I wasted 2 hours watching it.
I slept: Struggled to stay awake to the end. If I ever get insomnia, I'll break this movie out again. (I know I'll still have it because my brother doesn't want it back.)
While Ferrel was on SNL, I liked him in some skits (George W) and hated him in others (cheerleaders). I gave him a chance on the big screen and I got sold on him in movies with a moderately humorous, yet painful movie Night at the Roxbury, and hilarious roles in Old School and Elf. Anchorman is takes the worst of his abilities and under uses those. It wastes cameo appearances by a half dozen of Hollywoods best and would get a mere 1 star rating if it wasn't for Jack Black's 30 second scene.
I love every kind of humor from 3 Stooges to Bob Newhart, from Benny Hill to Jerry Seinfeld, from Mel Brooks to Steven Wright, but struggled to the very end to find a laugh in this improvised, meandering pap.
On a comedy scale, I put Anchorman right up there with Cancer jokes and Hee Haw.