Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Three stars. Solid and enjoyable.

It's the 70s, and Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is San Diego's top news anchor. He has it all, women, friends, respect, women... But his world is turned upside down when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), an ambitious journalist joins the news team and starts pushing for his job. It's silly fun; full of laughs but not quite bursting with them. The focus is too strongly on Will Ferrell as Ron, when the other characters have huge reserves of comic potential. The best of the secondary characters is Brick the clueless weatherman (Steve Carrell), who catches many of the funniest moments. It's not a classic, but highly entertaining nevertheless.