Actors: Will Ferell,
Steve Carrell, Paul Ruud, Christina Applegate, David Koechner, Meagan Good, James
Marsden, Kristin Wiig, Harrison Ford
Rating: 8 out of 10, I loved the
first movie which has some of the best lines in movie history; this latest one
– not so much. It still has some funny
moments as the totally inappropriate Ron Burgundy moves to New York City and impales us with the
1980s. In reality this was a one joke
concept and there was no way they were going to pull a lot more laughs from the
concept. They use the same bits from the
first movie and it’s mostly stale except for a refreshing knock on the descent
of television network news (one of my favorite objects of scorn) that began
around this time. The movie is rescued a
little bit near the end with the battle of anchormen which turns into a
hilarious cameo-a-palooza. Ferrell must
have a lot of compromising pictures because a number of A-List stars suddenly
start popping up for the fight, along with a were-hyena and the Minotaur. I
liked this a lot better on a second viewing where I wasn’t encumbered by lofty
expectations – much funnier the second time through.
MVP: Farrell as the gloriously
inappropriate Burgundy
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