Anchorman Reviews

Anchorman Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4)
"There was a time," intones the pseudo-serious narrator at the opening to ANCHORMAN -- THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY, "a time before cable when the anchorman reigned supreme." Reportedly, after years of shopping around his script for ANCHORMAN without any...more

Anchorman Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: C)
Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, "The Sweetest Thing") arrives in San Diego dreaming of becoming an anchorperson, but it is the 1970s and that trail has not yet been blazed. Popular Ron Burgandy (Will Ferrell, "Elf") and his news team are...more

Anchorman Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" (DreamWorks) When you can relate to a comedic situation, you often find it far funnier than it really is. I was the first woman hired to anchor the news at WNHC, which is now WTNH in...more

Anchorman Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10)
PLOT: An extremely popular, macho and sexist news anchorman named Ron Burgundy stars in a film set during the 1970s, at which time men ruled the airwaves and women were just starting to move up in the ranks. Upset (and confused) by the whole women's lib...more

Anchorman Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-)
It's San Diego in 1970's and the local television news desk is a playground for men only and Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the kingpin at the number one station, KVWN. He has been the lead anchor on the local news front and is more than content with...more