There are some funny moments but its still an average comedy

Rating: 5/10 (12 March 2005)

Anchorman has some funny moments but their not a lot of them and in the end the film is a disappointment. It's the 70s and Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the quintessential television anchorman for a San Diego television station, but his world is turned upside down when an ambitious female reporter (Christina Applegate) infiltrates his territory when she tries to become the network's first female anchorperson. Will this be a battle of the sexes turn into all-out war or will love conquer all? The plot sounds really funny and I was really looking forward to watching this film since Will Ferrell is in it. But it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Anchorman feels and looks like an SNL skit that's extended to a feature film. The jokes are either hit or miss but the ones that are funny are usually very funny. I still enjoyed Anchorman since it has some of the funniest lines I have heard in awhile but it was a little disappointing. Will Ferrell did an awesome job and of course he is the best part about Anchorman. I think they should have casted someone else instead of Christina Applegate since she was kind of boring. The supporting cast is great including Fred Willard, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and David Koechner. Out of all of them I would say that Steve Carell was the funniest and he makes up for the awful Sleepover. Adam McKay directs and he does a good job. He also writes for SNL so that's probably why the comparisons to SNL and Anchorman are so easy to find. The films running time is only 94 minutes so unless you find the premise really irritating you can easily survive though the film. There's also a lot of cameos and some scenes that are very funny and defiantly worth watching. Rating 6/10 not the funniest movie of the year but its worth checking out now that its out on video.