Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Year: | 2004 |
Director: | Adam McKay |
Writer: | Adam McKay/Will Ferrell |
Cast: | Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Danny Trejo |
But surrounded with a bunch of talented comics (Steve Carell is priceless as the witless weatherman), and a funny script that pokes fun at an idea ripe for the picking (San Diego in the 1970s), he's as funny as I've ever seen him.
A very simple story tells of a master news anchor who owns the city's eyeballs and wants it kept that way, until a beautiful and talented newscaster (Applegate) poses a threat to his male-dominated bastion. Things get more complicated when they fall in love.
The plot goes way off romantic comedy movie conventions and some of the tangents are just plain bizarre, but if it's laughs you're after, most of them are hearty.