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90
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again.
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80
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Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis
In this context Ferrell seems more than just comic relief. He's a reminder that the greatest, deepest laughter doesn't come at the expense of some other guy, but from the glints of self-recognition we get when the screen becomes our mirror.
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Wonderfully silly all the time.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Most of the time, though, Anchorman works, and a lot of the time it's very funny.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
There's no sense to the scene in which the boys get together for a close-harmony rendition of "Afternoon Delight" -- just pure pleasure.
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75
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USA Today Claudia Puig
That he can make his anchorman chauvinistic, deluded and ridiculous but still manage to give him some humanity is testimony to Ferrell's comic talents.
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60
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The New York Times Dana Stevens
More amusing than annoying. It is not as maniacally uninhibited as "Old School" or as dementedly lovable as "Elf," but its cheerful dumbness is hard to resist.
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58
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The movie is funny when it's nasty, as when Ron and Veronica trade insults at the anchor desk. Most of the time, though, it's not nasty enough.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Feels like an extended skit stretched and stretched, maybe not to the breaking point, but to the sagging point.
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50
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
The sweet spirit that made last year's "Elf" such a success has curdled considerably.
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