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Summary: Funnier w/Each Viewing
Review: This cast can do almost no wrong. The movie isn't as accessible, in my opinion, as 'Best in Show' but that's ok - and I find 'Guffman' gets funnier w/each viewing.The reactions and visuals from some of the cast are more priceless than the dialogue. There isn't a weak memeber of the cast. Even the smallest roles are hilarious (check out Frances Fisher's one scene). The extras are funny - but Christopher Guest could have done an entire movie on the audition process. Parker Posey's 'Teacher's Pet' has me rolling each and every time. The extra of her doing a scene she wrote herself (as did her character) is worth the price of the disk alone.
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Summary: Ouch, I know these people...
Review: The best thing about this movie is how true it rings. Anyone who has ever done local community theater will recognize all the players: the flaming, talent-challenged choreographer, the Hollywood know-it-alls who've never stepped foot outside the Midwest, the nervous nine to fiver who is stagestruck in his very first production ever. Christopher Guest is an amazing actor, too. He's just a chameleon of characters. Watch him in this, Princess Bride, Best in Show, Spinal Tap, and A Few Good Men to see a dazzling array of the personas this man can create. Wow. This film is largely improvised, which results in a very natural conversation style and realistic documentary flavor. The actors have an incredible flow with each other, mostly having worked together in other films. BTW, Christopher Guest and crew have a new mock-u-mentary coming out about bluegrass bands. Can't wait! DVD has interesting unreleased scenes.
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Summary: Image of Parker Grilling a Chicken Wing Will Last a Lifetime
Review: Few scenes in cinematic history have tickled me more than the image of arthouse queen Parker Posey fanning a chicken wing on the grill. The guy next to me in the theatre fell out of his seat he laughed so hard...
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Summary: Funniest movie I've ever seen...
Review: As stated, this is the funniest movie I've ever seen. Christopher Guest is brilliant as Corky St. Clair, and Fred Willard is as funny as ever. Michael Hitchcock, however, steals the show as a city councilman with a fixation on Corky. The looks on his face during the play are priceless. So many great lines from this movie are in my head now, as are the songs (almost in an annoying way)...Don't miss the extra DVD scenes, as "This Bulging River" is not to be missed, and should have been in the movie. If you have a friend who doesn't like this movie, you should find some different friends..
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Summary: HAHAAHAA!
Review: all i can say is is that this movie is fabulouso!!!!!!!
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Summary: CORKY RULES!!
Review: This is THE single, funniest movie I have seen in my 41 years! I watch this movie over and over again whenever I need a good, old-fashioned belly laugh and it never fails to deliver.
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Summary: A small town comedy: real and hilarious, as comedies shd be!
Review: If you are familiar with and have enjoyed "Spinal Tap" or "Best in Show", you'll love this movie although it doesn't do much to tickle garden-variety fancies that "American Pie" lovers are used to. Unlike most inept comedies being made today, "Waiting for Guffman" is not funny because they fall face down into a flushing toilet or pull constant gross-out gags. It's funny because the characters are so well defined and are so REAL that it's hard not to laugh at them because it appears that they are actually trying. This is a comedy the way comedies are meant to be: an uncensored look at the ridiculousness of life, unflinching and hilarious. Christopher Guest, one of the funniest writes/directors around imho, assembles a topnotch cast (Levy, Guest, Willard, etc) and gives them comedic freedom to enact a great celebration taking place in the city of Blaine, Missouri. Blaine turns out is named after the pioneer that led a group of hearty souls from the east to California in the 1800's. Of course, Blaine believed that his group had arrived in California, not knowing he was actually in what is now Missouri. Well, with that kind of past and vision, you can only imagine what kind of celebration the offspring of those dimwits are capable of creating. Enter Corky St. Claire, a New York import and dramatic genius. This somewhat lispy town entertainment director has awed the rural folks with many productions in the past. The city council wants Corky to take his talent and a collection of talentless towns folk and create a play worthy enough to honor their moronic founder. He will! A hilarious fare...Guest has nailed the small-town feeling and the quality of local theater productions. Oh and btw, if you grab a DVD instead of a tape, it's worth listening to the additional features esp. Levy's comments about Corky's (Guest) choreography.
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Summary: Nothing better
Review: This is quite possibly the funniest movie ever made. If you get it. Anyone who has ever been involved in small-town community theater will really enjoy it. Christopher Guest is masterful in this, and Eugene Levy is at his best. I can't count how many times my wife and I have watched this.
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Summary: Stool Capitol Of The World
Review: How do you make something that is generally not funny to most everyone, and make it hysterical?. You get Christopher Guest to do it!. Guest is a brilliant genius who makes ordinary things(like local theater and dog shows)and makes it knee slapping funny. Well, he strikes again. Guest, the man behind "This Is Spinal Tap", and "Best In Show", co-wrote this(along with co-star Eugene Levy)and directed it. Guest plays effeminate, bowl-haired Corky St. Clair, a theater director/producer who is planning on putting together a big show celebrating the 150th anniversary of the little town, Blaine, Missouri. In his quest to cast the production, we are introduced to a number of different towns people(all played by Guest regulars). There is Dr. Allan Pearl(Eugene Levy), the town dentist. A man with big glasses, who cannot see very well without them. Sheila and Ron Albertson(Catherine 'O' Hara, Fred Willard), a couple who have had the most experience doing plays. They also run a travel agency together, although they admit to never really leaving town before. There is Libby Mae Brown(the adorable Parker Posey),a poor small town girl who works at Dairy Queen and seems to think that that is a great career. Johnny Savage(Matt Keeslar), a young kid who works at his dad's car shop. The town music teacher, Lloyd Miller(Bob Balaban), is in on it too. There are familiar faces through out the film. Larry Miller plays the mayor; Brian Doyle-Murray plays Johnny's dad; "Jeffersons" co-star Paul Benedict(who played the badly wigged hotel desk clerk in 'Spinal Tap'), and Lewis Arquette is the play's narrator. The film goes thru the entire process of putting together this play. The finale shows the finished product, as our cast awaits the presence of big time talent scout, Mort Guffman. The film, as in all of Guest's films, is shot in documentary style. This is a rare type of comedy that doesn't come along too often, but when it is done right, as in with every Guest film, it's funnier than most everything else. The songs that are in the play are all fun and catchy, and they were all written by Guest, and his fellow 'Spinal Tap' compadres, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Both of whom are comical geniuses in their own right. Too bad they weren't in the film. As I've said before in other reviews like this, this is a kind of comedy that doesn't get in your face and makes you laugh. It's a smart kind of comedy that seems to come just from reality. If you are in on what they are trying to do, and get the joke, you will enjoy it. There will be others that this film will be totally lost on. The DVD comes with some special features. You get audio commentary from Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, the theatrical trailer, Cast/Crew profiles, and deleted scenes with commentary. It's a great ride that is hilarious for anyone who wants to try it. Go ahead. Give it a shot.
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Summary: incredibly funny mockumentary with so-so dvd extras
Review: Christopher Guest has created a classic character, Corky St. Clair, who has returned to Blaine, Missouri, (after failing to thrive in NYC) to direct the commemorative show "Red, White and Blaine" in this classic mockumentary about the "stool capital of the world's" 150th anniversary. Co-written with Eugene Levy and also starring Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Balaban and Parker Posey, this story of small-town no-talents putting on a show and waiting for New York producer Mort Guffman to come review it will have you rolling on the floor. The dvd extras are pretty good, though not stellar: a commentary track with star/writers Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy gets better as the film progresses; 7 deleted scenes with optional commentary; several behind-the-scenes stills; a list of the cast and crew; and a trailer. The film can be heard only in English; subtitles are in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. This is a terrific film with a great cast, but the dvd extras are disappointing.
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