'Anchorman 2' is full of too-obvious humor
'Anchorman 2' stars Will Ferrell, who reprises his role as newscaster Ron Burgundy.
'Anchorman 2' stars Will Ferrell, who reprises his role as newscaster Ron Burgundy.
Too much of a good thing isn鈥檛 always a good thing, especially if you don鈥檛 think the good thing was so good in the first place. I was not one of those people who fell into fits watching Will Ferrell in 鈥淎nchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.鈥� I love Ferrell鈥檚 walleyed cluelessness, at least in judicious doses, but that鈥檚 just what鈥檚 wrong with 鈥淎nchorman 2: The Legend Continues.鈥� The doses are too big. I realize that asking for restraint in a movie like this is kind of clueless, too, but great gobs of this movie about the famously obtuse newscaster are scattershot and dim and obvious.
The most inventive aspect of the film, aside from a lovely, daffy romantic duet between hypernerds played by Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig, are the promotional tie-ins with which we鈥檝e been inundated -- Ron hawking Dodge Durango trucks, accepting journalism school awards, etc. He won鈥檛 be accepting any Oscars. Grade: C (Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, drug use, language and comic violence.)