Insipid toilet humor

Rating: 2/10 (16 December 2005)

Like a great many people I viewed this film based upon a promising storyline and Steve Carell's fine performance in Anchorman which, albeit its slightly crude nature, was very entertaining.
The film begins with promise but quickly loses steam and falls into an abyss of vulgarity and stupidity from which it never recovers.
This is a dull, painful and hopelessly dreadful film from nearly every point of view that caters either to adolescents or to the basest elements. How vulgar language, rubber penises, vomit and racist jokes pass for comedy is beyond me. I'm very surprised at the relatively high rating given this dreck at IMDb.com, but I suppose that people's judgement has been reduced somewhat due to the relentless parade of similarly wretched offerings spluttering forth from Hollywood.