Nonsense comedy

Rating: 6/10 (31 December 2004)

"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" is all about Will Ferrell as the title character who anchors for a San Diego, CA news show during a time when news anchors are all male. Enter Christina Applegate who steals the newsman's heart and the seat next to him to the chagrin of other male news anchors. An unsophisticated "stupid humor" comedy romp full of extreme stereotyping and silliness heaped on nonsense following the more is more approach to comedy, "Anchorman..." offers cameos by the likes of Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jack Black, Luke Wilson, Tim Robbins and more. However, given all that it has going for it, the film still did not receive as much lauding as other comedies with much fewer resources such as "Naopleon Dynamite" or "Danny Deckchair". Should work best for Ferrell fans, the beer and pretzels crowd, and others into less than sophisticated humor. (B-)