WARNING -- Not for Adults

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 2005)

I can imagine if I were 22 years old and drunk -- very drunk -- I might find this movie a little bit amusing. But I'm not 22 and I was unfortunately quite sober when I rented and watched "Anchorman." Not all the way through, I'll admit. It was so bad that I did something I NEVER do. I turned it off after about an hour. Couldn't stomach any more. I leave open the faint possibility that this may not be the worst movie ever made but it is certainly up there (down there?) with the worst of the worst. "Anchorman" is, of course, supposed to be a satire. But it is feeble. Let me spell that out: f - e - e - b - l - e. And did I forget gross? The film's premise is that an exceptionally pretty young female is seeking to become an anchor at a San Diego TV station in the era when newsrooms were men only. That would seem to have real possibilities. But it is squandered on an especially juvenile script and presented in a manner that would make "Animal House" seem the height of sophisticated humor. The movies need to add another rating to the system warning adults to stay away. NA35 might do it.