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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekThe good news is that Anchorman 2 is pretty funny. It's also more rambling and hit-or-miss than its predecessor, which means, thankfully, that it's less likely to become what we euphemistically call iconic: In other words, fewer annoying guys will be inspired to quote it.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmBigger and broader than before, Ron’s return occasionally feels like autocue’d sequel-making. But it spikes old news with enough fresh comic zip to keep you hooked through the self-indulgent stretches.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinScene after scene rockets past dumb, past camp, past Kabuki, and into the Milky Way of Silly where laws can be made up and discarded as long as what happens gets laughs.
- 70VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA modestly less quotable but generously funny new adventure for scotch-and-mahogany-loving 1970s newsman Ron Burgundy.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyComedically, everyone's on the same page here, which means that, even when things flag, more fun isn't far off.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe buffoonery goes epic in this sillier than silly sequel, a broad, down and dirty comedy overfilled with funny people trying to one-up one another on the set in the classic “best line wins” school of comic improvisation.
- 60The GuardianAndrew PulverThe GuardianAndrew PulverThis Anchorman sequel knows who its fans are, and does its best to keep them happy. No one will be complaining.
- 60EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinPatchy and in need of a rigorous edit, but amid all the weeds there is some ripe comedy (satire, even) for the plucking.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues is not the disaster some feared it might be, but neither is it the endlessly quotable, deliciously idiotic follow-on so many of us were optimistically anticipating.
- 60The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThe legend loses something in the retelling, but what’s new here is mostly worth the trip.