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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues


Great American comedies are hard to come by, and now, after this and The Wolf of Wall Street, I've seen two in a row. Very different, these two, which I guess goes without saying, but maybe not so different, too, in that each has weighty things to say about the country I live in and, yes, do love, despite my occasional frequent grumblings that I'd like to a) found my own totalitarian state or b) move to England. That said, it's not the idea of truth vs. power I respond to here so much as Anchorman 2's warm, beating heart. It's a story told by comedians and actors who've hit middle age or passed it and have decided to make careful, thoughtful movies, not dreck. From the slow-motion tumble of a recreational vehicle (surely one of the funniest things ever put on the big screen) to the genuine and silly second act in which the title character is struck blind and rediscovers what's good in life in a lighthouse on a beach in Georgia, this Anchorman is so much more than its predecessor. The first movie was fun. This one is great. Jokes are made at the expense of American idiocy, sure, but the truly awful Americans are the corporate news tycoons who've ruined good journalism and left us all dumber for it. In this and in its optimistic take on people, in general, it's a carefully made movie about wising up and seeing. An extended brawl near the climax of the third act features every great comedian currently working, it seems (and I do count Liam Neeson among that number). They're all impediments to Ron's hero's quest, the goal of which is simple and bright: to make his son's piano recital. It's not a crass series of cameos so much as a constant one-upping or self-topping gag that reminds us of what's at stake, what Ron Burgundy stands to lose − or may, even, be giving up. For this and the bottle-feeding of a great white shark, Will Ferrell is nothing short of a national treasure.

4 BANANAS
Written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
Directed by Adam McKay
2013


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