ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES"
(2013) (Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:: Comedy: In 1980, a boorish, all-male TV news team from San Diego attempts to make the leap to a 24-hour news channel launching in Manhattan.

PLOT:

Legendary newsman Ron Burgundy (WILL FERRELL) returns with his wife, Veronica (CHRISTINA APPLEGATE). It is 1980, and both are now co-anchors of a nightly news broadcast in New York City. Veronica is given the opportunity of a lifetime when Mack Harken (HARRISON FORD), a Dan Rather-like anchor of a nightly network news show, decides to retire and hand over the reins to her. Ron is immediately jealous and orders her to turn down the job. But she refuses, and their marriage ends in divorce.

Ron is eventually offered the 2 a.m. news shift on a newly launching 24-hour new cable channel. He reassembles his old news team from California, including bigoted sportscaster Champ Kind (DAVID KOECHNER); feature reporter Brian Fantana (PAUL RUDD); and hare-brained weatherman Brick Tamland (STEVE CARELL). Ron and the gang have adjusted to Linda (MEAGAN GOOD), their African-American boss, and run afoul of the studly star anchor of the network, Paul Lime (JAMES MARSDEN).

At the same time, Ron tries to reconnect with Veronica, best Gary (GREG KINNEAR), the new man in his ex-wife's life, and be a dad to his 7-year-old son, Walter (JUDAH NELSON). This gets harder when Ron and his team revolutionize news by giving people the information they want (sex stories, police freeway chases, proud-to-be-American segments, cute puppy videos) rather than news they actually need (sound investigative journalism, consumer financial news, etc.) Celebrity then begins to take its toll.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Older teens who have grown up with Will Ferrell comedies and who have seen the first film will have some interest.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13: For crude and sexual content, drug use, language, and comic violence.

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