Like a Cartoon

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2006)

I can only recommend this movie because it is no more than its intentions. When it begin, I thought it was at least trying to be somewhat realistic. Once I got over that, it turned out to be pretty funny. In nearly every instance, the most outrageous kind of behavior was presented. The romantic angle and the seriousness of the young woman, striving to be an anchor herself in the good old boys' club, becomes as ridiculous as the whole Will Ferrell schtick. Scenes are borrowed from other movies (The Sandlot with the guys from the other TV station on bikes or Gangs of New York with brutality and dismemberment). I did find Ron Bergundy charming. Everything is locker room, but they are all such boobs that you can't take them seriously. The fact that the world is set on its ear over the birth of a panda while other more serious stuff gets no time at all is pretty believable. Those other three guys are hilarious. I loved the photo shoots they used to lead in to the news. If you want something that has no real message because it is so sophomoric, but you can laugh at the implausible (an almost cartoonish sense), go ahead and blow and hour and a half on this. Just don't expect to be enlightened.