Will
Ferrell is back on the big screen as newsman Ron Burgundy, almost a
decade after he first declared he was "kind of a big deal"
and told San Diego to stay classy.
"Anchorman
2: The Legend Continues" hits theaters on Wednesday, following a
promotional blitz that included premieres, Dodge commercials,
an exhibit
at Washington's Newseum,
the temporary
renaming of a college's communications school and anchoring
a real-life newscast in character.
So,
how does the sequel compare
to the endlessly-quotable "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy"? Critics have weighed in -- and the reviews are mostly
positive, calling the film silly but fun. (As Burgundy himself once
said, "Don't act like you're not impressed!")
Here's
what some of them had to say:
"Making
a sequel to a cherished cultural totem is no easy business, but
director Adam McKay and his muse Will Ferrell keep things very classy
in 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,' a modestly less quotable but
generously funny new adventure for scotch-and-mahogany-loving 1970s
newsman Ron Burgundy, here catapulted into 1980 and the dawn of the
24-hour news cycle." -- Scott Foundas, Variety.
"It's
a frequently amusing, occasionally hilarious, rarely unpleasant grab
bag of mild mockery and inspired lunacy, decked out with cameos from
beloved comic performers and random celebrities." -- A.O.
Scott, The
New York Times.
"The
movie cleverly spoofs the 24-hour TV news cycle, as well as sexism
and racism in the workplace. Not every scene is equally funny, of
course, but most of the comic antics generate laughs." --
Claudia Puig, USA
Today.
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