Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
There's a certain kind of stupid humor, where the tone blows past dumb and heads into near-surreal, that I simply adore. And this film is pitched directly at that level. Remarkably odd for a Hollywood feature (jazz flute? a troublesome burrito? Will Ferrell talking to a dog? "a whale's vagina"?); thankfully, it's also fairly consistent, with the winning lines and concepts far outweighing the few that get stretched past the point of inspiration (for instance, the newsman gang rumble). Ferrell, it seems, is one of the rare performers who only gets funnier the more unhinged he allows himself to become (his phone-booth freakout is a gut-busting highlight); Steve Carrell's performance should be bronzed.
Grade: B+
There's a certain kind of stupid humor, where the tone blows past dumb and heads into near-surreal, that I simply adore. And this film is pitched directly at that level. Remarkably odd for a Hollywood feature (jazz flute? a troublesome burrito? Will Ferrell talking to a dog? "a whale's vagina"?); thankfully, it's also fairly consistent, with the winning lines and concepts far outweighing the few that get stretched past the point of inspiration (for instance, the newsman gang rumble). Ferrell, it seems, is one of the rare performers who only gets funnier the more unhinged he allows himself to become (his phone-booth freakout is a gut-busting highlight); Steve Carrell's performance should be bronzed.
Grade: B+
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