ANCHORman sinks to the occasion! And by sink, I mean rise!

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2005)

Check out this flick if you: a. enjoy goofy plot lines b. understand that overacting is sometimes a good thing d. love lamps.
Anchorman doesn't give you any knowledge about anything that you didn't already know before starting the film. But what it does do is comment on that knowledge, hams it up a little (often), and inserts a 1970's Disney Animation Parody that would make the cartoonists for Mary Poppins excited beyond the bounds of prescription induced intensity.
If you watch this looking to find something sure fire in comedy, I can't guarantee it will deliver. But if you'd like to take a risk on a film experimenting with the rules of comedy, I would suggest it. It's a 50-50 chance; it really depends on what type of person you are. The idea of an a picture composed of tiny SNL ancestry Brechtian episodes is clever to you? Check it out.
Rating: Greatly achieved and moderately received.