Hilarious!

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2013)

To my mind, comedies are successful one for every 100 produced. And, "Anchorman" is one of them! A pretty-much-perfect spoof of both local TV news and the 1970's.
You of course have to like the crazy-type humor of films like "Airplane!" to like "Anchorman." If you like your humor sophisticated, you're out of luck! This is silly stuff, that doesn't mind getting the characters into one goofy situation after another for laughs!
Will Ferrell stars and co-writes with his partner Adam McKay. This is definitely their best movie together, although the first half of "Talladega Nights" is pretty funny, going down the spoof road again.
Comedy is really tough to pull together, especially in a feature film format. You have to pace and sustain the laughs carefully, and it is critical that the characters are entertaining. Having just stock characters telling jokes isn't going to cut it!
And so, the film has lots of great characters, especially Steve Carell as the low-intellect Brick, who says the most inappropriate things, well, pretty much all the time!
Lots of fun, and one of the best comedies I have ever seen. Recommended!
********* (9 Out of 10 Stars)