There was once a hero who hailed from San Diego, an Anchorman who was more man than most. His name? Ron Burgundy.
A comical brainchild from the vivid imagination of Will Ferrell, this romp-and-a-half won't disappoint in the rib-tickling department.
Having learnt his trade on Saturday Night Live (America's favourite sketch show) Ferrell has finally fulfilled his potential and blossomed from OTT character actor to the comic genius we knew he could be.
In Ron, Ferrell has created a character you can't help but love despite all of his machismo and annoying habits. Here's a guy who smokes during the ads, sips scotch during the sports report and parties like a college fresher when the cameras are off.
If truth be told, Ron's not much of a brain box and he thinks journalism is simply a case of looking his best and reading everything that's on the autocue - and I mean everything!
This aside, he still commands respect - from both the public and his co-workers - but that's all about to change as gorgeous and dangerously ambitious journalist Veronica Corningstone (Applegate) fulfils her dream of becoming the world's first female anchor.
It may roll along to a fairly predictable ending but this has to be the laugh-out-loud funniest comedy of the summer.
Far from sinking to the murky depths of a Farrelly Brothers farce, Anchorman keeps its head above water and is well worth seeing.
Dominic Bloch
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