Anchorman Review

By: Robert Acosta

Cast:
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy
Christian Applegate as Veronica Corningstone
Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland

Plot: Ron Burgundy is the best newscaster of his time when a woman, Veronica Corningstone, becomes his partner and questions his top spot.

Review: Anchorman is one of most quotable comedies of all time. All of them are just ridiculously hilarious quotes. From "60 percent of the time it works all the time." to "The bears can smell the menstruation" and of course the classic "You stay classy San Diego."

I don't know if Will Ferrell is going to have a role define him more than his Ron Burgundy character. Maybe his George W. Bush impersonation will be mentioned but when you hear Will Ferrell's name, you're gonna hear Ron Burgundy right after it. He really does own the role, become the role and it's great to watch. The movie isn't half as funny without him as Burgundy.

The supporting cast is great and tremendously hilarious. Throw in Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, David Koechner and small cameos from Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson and you have a great array of funny scenes.

The chemistry between the 4 male newscasters(Ferrell, Rudd, Carell and Koechner) is phenomenal. Another strong part of the comedy and without it, the movie becomes extremely unsuccessful. They all bounce off each other really well. Burgundy is the man, the king of the world. Brian Fantana, played by the awesome Paul Rudd, is like this wing man in all of it. Brick Tamland, played by Steve Carell, plays the retard who blurts out random stuff at great times. Finally, Champ Kind, played by David Koechner, is the veteran sports newscaster and is Burgundy's left hand man.

Probably the funniest scene, or close to it because it's hard to pick the funniest one, is the huge newscasting fight where all the channels news teams create a huge fight. Mayhem ensues, people lose limbs, someone gets a trident, it's fantastic!

Does the movie lose it's rating because of all the great comedies that have come along since Anchorman? It's hard to say. Anchorman is still hilarious without comparing it to anything and is worth watching again and again.

Rating: 4 out of 5