Directed by:
Adam McKayCinematography:
Oliver WoodCast:
Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate, Meagan Good, Dylan Baker, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford (more)VOD (4)
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Seven years after capturing the heart of his co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is offered the chance of lifetime: to be in on the world's first 24-hour global cable news network, GNN, in New York City. The newsman quickly rounds up his classic news team - sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) - and heads to The Big Apple. Upon arriving, he is quickly challenged by his strong female boss, Linda Jackson (Meagan Good), Australian multi-millionaire network owner Kench Allenby (Josh Lawson) and a chiseled popular lead anchor, Jack Lime (James Marsden). It's up to Ron and the team to find their own way to the top of news - and the top of the ratings. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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The first Anchorman was wackier in my opinion. In the second instalment, the true crazy ride only starts at the ending. Until then, it is kind of bland. The ending, however, spices it up by delivering the greatest anchorman battle I’ve ever seen in a movie.
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Compared to the first part, this was a bit of a decline, because this time it was... well, in places almost annoying, there was too much screaming, and several times more awkwardly funny than hilariously awkward. Will Ferrell was nevertheless fine, though again a 100 per cent idiot, and I was also reliably entertained by Steve Carell, this time in a cutely belated romance with Kristen Wiig (who could resist?). The final battle was seriously something from The Avengers, and if the shorter version I saw also contained the cut scene with a shark cub and a grown-up shark (look it up on YouTube), I'd give it a fourth star.
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Definitely, it didn't impress me as much as the first movie, but there are still great moments here. Some actors have aged a bit, but others are excellent. The best part is definitely the scene at the end, where the comedy elites come together. It's a fantastic scene and what I've been waiting for throughout the whole film. However, it's unnecessarily long and sometimes overly schematic to the point that it didn't really entertain me much.
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