Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · Directed by Adam McKay
Original language: English
- comedy
The story
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
What it’s like
Bright, flat-lit studio sets in saturated 1970s colour, all wide, centred two-shots and fast zooms into mustaches and pompadours, with the grainy warmth of a period sitcom giving way to the glossy, over-lit clutter of an early-2000s cable newsroom. Sound is a jittery stream of crosstalk, brass-and-wah funk stings, and a stream of ridiculous on-air banter, punctuated by the sudden, cartoonish pop of slapstick. The vibe is loud, silly and unapologetically chaotic, the sort of thing for a Friday night with friends or a rowdy comfort rewatch when you want to laugh out loud and stop thinking. Pacing is fast and gag-driven, with the scenes stacked so one bit collapses into the next, and the emotional register stays light and mocking: a vain, dim-witted anchorman and his tight-knit, equally useless team bumble through rivalry, romance and escalating mayhem, with the friendships and egos as the warm centre. Violence is frequent and cartoonish, a big gang brawl played for slapstick, with some crude sexual innuendo, bad language and mild sexual humour; it is comic rather than harrowing, with no real menace or gore. Made for people who like absurdist, lowbrow comedy and loud ensemble bits.
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