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intereact!Actors: Christina Applegate, Fred Armisen, Steve Carell, Darcy Donavan, and Will Ferrell
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2004-12-28
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-07-09
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Run Time: 98 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Will Farrell followed up his star-making vehicle Elf, which matched his fine-tuned comic obliviousness to a sweet sincerity, with a more arrogant variation on the same character: Ron Burgundy, a macho, narcissistic news anchor from the 1970s. Along with his news posse--roving reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd, Clueless), sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner), and dim-bulb weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell, Bruce Almighty)--Burgundy rules the roost in San Diego, fawned upon by groupies and supported by a weary producer (Fred Willard, Best In Show) who tolerates Burgundy's ego because of good ratings. But when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, View from the Top) arrives with ambitions to become an anchor herself, she threatens the male-dominated newsroom. Anchorman has plenty of funny material, but it's as if Farrell couldn't decide what he really wanted to mock, and so took smart-ass cracks at everything in sight. Still, there are moments of inspired delirium. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
1) The following is based on actual events. Only the names, locations and events have been changed. [Rating: 4 out of 5]
You know you're heading for a good movie when you get the first giggle at the very start. Right at the very start. Before the movie starts.I normally would go out of my way to avoid a movie that not only features Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell etc. The latest Hollywood Rat Pack. Sometimes they can be good in movies (Shallow Hal), but mostly, they think they're funny.This has to be the first movie where they ARE funny. I was initially expecting a movie that was totally sexist. While it is totally sexist, it's cringeworthy (the outfits, the BAD hair, the facial hair), and funny (Baxter talking to Ron among others), and it's superior to all the other movies that feature the main stars. I can't really comment on Will Ferrell, I've only previously seen him in Old School (I think), and don't remember being that fussed about that film. It was something to pass the time. Unfortunately, the Christina Applegate character is a role any actress could have played. How many actresses could have got away with it though? She manages to pull off a previously stupid sounding role, and make it her own, and make it work against Will Ferrell.Anchorman is a story about the seventies. And I'm not just talking about bad hair, bad clothes, bad facial hair, bad music. It's a man's world. Women belong in the kitchen, tending to their husband's every need, making babies, while he goes out and earns the money, and eyes up the pretty girls, and regrets getting married. More specifically, it's about a woman, trying to break her way into being the first female anchorwoman on TV news. It was a very man's world apparently. But the lead male anchorman has some fatal flaws, apart from his looks - he falls for a pretty girl in a skirt, he reads ANYTHING on the teleprompter (heaven forbid, don't put a question mark at the end of a sentence that doesn't require one). The rest of his supporting anchorman include sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner), feature story guy Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), and weatherman Brick Tamland (Steven Carell). They yet again manage to hold their own against Will's character, Ron, and pull off memorable performances, especially Steve LOUD NOISES Carell.Full of funny situations, hilarious lines, funny outfits, and deliberate OTT acting, Anchorman is a film I would have normally avoided, and I totally expected to do an entirely different review. Excellent movie.2) best movie ever [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The sky's are blue and the wind is firm as Will Ferrell sails to legend status with this one.3) "Do you wanna come to the pants party with me?" [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Stupid. Puerile. Stilted. Broad. And all the better for it.I rented this when it first came out. I didn't laugh much. It really did nothing for me. But my girlfriend and I kept throwing lines from the film at one another for weeks afterwards and cracking each other up. (I should have known then).A few years later I caught it again on cable and ended up on the floor. This movie was the impetus for a new rule in my life. I now give almost all comedies (at least ones with a cast like this one) a second chance. Sometimes your mood changes things so dramatically.This movie is so chocked full of priceless lines it's ridiculous. Others have gone on about them in detail, so I won't bother. But just thinking about this movie makes me laugh.Check your inner adult at the door and go along for the over-the-top trip back to a 1970's that never was. Indulge in every possible myth and stereotype, and don't forget to bring your jacuzzi trunks and a flute.4) Who knew Will Ferrell could act? [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is the first movie with Will Ferrell where he doesn't seem to be Will Ferrell. Despite the goofy mockery of the film itself, he's actually managed to create a stand alone character. Ron Burgundy is fully fleshed (if shallow and stupid) but hey, he's also very funny.The humor is stupid and directed at the main character. Is similar to Zoolander. Definitely one to own.5) Juvenile toilet humour! [Rating: 1 out of 5]
Some films are so bad they're good and their perpetrators usually excuse themselves by explaining that originality was the furthest thing from their minds. And occasionally we feel affection for them because, if nothing else, they invoke feelings of nostalgia for a supposed `golden age' when imagination and creativity were almost commonplace and the bottom line. However, don't be fooled into thinking that because you found Dodgeball, Meet the Fockers, Happy Gilmour, etc. funny you'll respond similarly to this. Having dutifully sat through ninety minutes (it was a gift) of utter garbage I can't help but wonder whether Ferrell will ever be trusted with money again. There is supposed to be a joke hiding somewhere in this film but obviously I blinked at the wrong time. If you have the sense of humour of an emotionally retarded orang-utan you might just enjoy it but be sure not to blink!The one remotely saving feature is the performance of Christina Applegate as Ferrell's `love interest' who, at least, tries to invest her role with some degree of integrity. Oh, and you might derive some `enjoyment' along the way by trying to guess which superior efforts this travesty has stolen from; The Day Today, and 1987's Switching Channels, being merely the most obvious.