Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
Chad Everett, Chris Parnell, Christina Applegate
Ron Burgundy is the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the 1970s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone, Ron is willing to play along at fir...( read more
)
DVD Released: December 28, 2004
Recommend it
Add to Favorites
Your Rating
Top Flixster Reviews
-
October 10, 2006Absolutely funny! It keeps you on the floor and doesn't stop with jokes.
-
June 5, 2009"His news is bigger than your news."
Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.
...( read more ) -
May 27, 2009I generally find this brand of humor tasteless, but found this movie somehow excusable because it seems to understand and enjoy the fact that it is tasteless and juvenile. It celebrates its own stupidity. What you make of this is up to you, but I found this almost appealing. Ther... ...( read more )
-
November 17, 2008You know a movie is in trouble when a dog has the best scene.
-
-
June 28, 2009OMG - u gotta see this movie - it is highlarious! especially the "flute" part :) jethro tull eat your heart out :)
Critic Reviews
View more
Anchorman ...
reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
July 15, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
July 10, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
It has a pleasing, noodly elasticity about it -- the picture knows what its limits are and proceeds to boogie unself-consciously far outside them. full review
July 9, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
While the film is sporadically funny, it was done much better on the small screen, decades ago. full review
July 8, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
While malapropisms and anachronisms do have their places in cinematic comedy, it's very tough to make them the foundation for a story. full review
July 8, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It is not as maniacally uninhibited as Old School or as dementedly lovable as Elf, but its cheerful dumbness is hard to resist. full review
July 8, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
That he can make his anchorman chauvinistic, deluded and ridiculous but still manage to give him some humanity is testimony to Ferrell's comic talents. full review
July 8, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
You're not laughing at anchormen. You're laughing at formula movie rituals blown sky-high. full review
July 8, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Funny in a roly-poly, shapeless way. Sort of like Ferrell's gut. full review
May 6, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
It's difficult to resist a hero who believes that the name San Diego, derived from German, means "whale's vagina." full review
Comments
-
July 8, 2008you pooped in the refridgerator and you ate the whole wheel of cheese? im not not even mad, im amazed, thats amazing, come again?, u know i dont speak spanish, in english please, u really know how to cut to the core of me baxter, your like a miniature buda with hair
oh, sorry champ, i think i ate your choclatte squirel
lmfao, this is by far the best movie ever -
April 25, 2008
THEEEEE BEST Ever Film I Have Seen.
Watched It 5 Times Over One Night
Nah Im Joking I Don't Have That Kinda Time
I Would If I Could Though!
I LOVE LAMP =) -
January 20, 2008"baxter, you're like a miniature buddha, covered with fur"... freakin' hilarious...
-
-
June 30, 2007LOUD NOISES!!!! LOL brick was onna my faves. i think its mostly becuz steve carell is onna my favorite comedians ;) ...LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! I GIVE IT AN A++++++++++
-
-
June 5, 2007Jazz flute is for little fairy boys
I'm in a glass case of emotion!!!!! -
May 20, 2007what does Veronica Corningstone say after she reads the news. i cant remminber????
-
April 17, 2007Champ here and I'm all about having fun. Stick a couple of cocktails in me, start a fire in a kitchen see what happens, go to Seaworld and take my pants off!
-
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
