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Summary: Absolutely fantastic movie and DVD
Review: If you have seen Best in Show, then this movie will have a very familiar feel. The cast is virtually identical, and there is a similar feel to the story and plot. Guest is awesome as Corky, the actor/director of the musical, Red White and Blaine. Parker Posey is very convincing as Libby Mae, the local DQ worker who gives her all to the production.The DVD has an awesome set of extra scenes. There are several extra numbers from the play, including some that should have never been deleted from the movie. Also, check out Libby Mae's alternate audition, which is bizarre and hilarious at the same time. Do you own Spinal Tap? Best in Show? Then you need to order this one right now.
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Summary: What can I say? Perfection!
Review: Some people like the follow-up film, Best of Show, but this movie to me is head and shoulders above. Definitely my favorite comedy movie of all time. Every scene is perfect, all character are exactly themselves. The only scene that seems out of character is when the town council wants snipers on top of the buildings to avoid egging.
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Summary: Definitely a very funny movie
Review: This one was good but not great. I own it and enjoy the movie but it doesn't quite hit the 5 star level for me. I think if you like the "mockumentary" genre, you'll like this one though.
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Summary: Waiting for the Funny
Review: This mockumentary, reminiscent of other movies by the same producers (Best In Show, This Is Spinal Tap) is just not that funny, though it tries hard. Much like Blaine, Missouri, the small town in which the movie takes place, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS IN 'GUFFMAN'. Occasionally the improvisational style clicks, but not nearly as often or as well as Spinal Tap. On the whole, this is an unfortunate movie with too much predictability and not enough substance. The jokes are drier than the Mojave, and ALL of the gags revolve around cliches or over-inflated stereotypes, such as the "Gay", the "Jew", the "Travel Agent", et cetera. A little more variety or spontaneity would have worked wonders. As it turns out, the film is full of random of dead beats and long pregnant pauses. I'll hand it to the cast, though--they did a great job. The acting is top-shelf, but the material is just so weak there is hardly a moment that you don't think to yourself, "Yeah, okay, I get it." I imagine if I was ever involved with or had attended musical community theater, I would probably understand large swaths of this movie which now fly over my head, but the greater nuance is lost on me, so I found it hard to enjoy.
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Summary: HILARIOUSLY AND BRILLIANTLY FANTASTICAL
Review: If you like This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show you can't miss this freakin hilarious film. Don't even bother renting it first just buy now. Christopher Guest gives an allstar performance
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Summary: I think this is better than Best in Show...
Review: Christopher Guest stars as Corky St. Clair, the small-town drama director of Blaine, Missouri. His credential of being a New Yorker and having that creative flair (gay) have made him a local legend. For the 150th anniversary of Blaine, the city council has tapped him to do a show. "Red, White and Blaine" is a musical that takes us through the history of Blaine's accidental finding, settling, and it's alien encounters. The real fun of this story comes from how serious the whole town (including the actors) takes this show, which I can only compare to a kindergarten play. This film is funny because it's so serious but the dialogue between the characters are so trivial that it borders on stupid. I actually watched Best in Show first before watching this film. Most of the actors remain the same. The format of interviews before, during and after the "main event" is also the same. There were lines in this film that were repeated in Best in Show and made me laugh, e.g. "How tall are you?" "Six foot 2." "Really?" Eugene Levy as the guy who tries to be funny perhaps steals the show. It's a nice, short film (84 minutes) to get your mind off things. LEAP rating (each out of 5):
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L (Language) - 3 (more improvisation from a bare-bones script, but if you listen carefully nothing they say matters)
E (Erotica) - 0 (n/a)
A (Action) - 0 (n/a)
P (Plot) - 1 (the small town of Blaine, Missouri prepares of its 150th anniversary celebration with a musical hoping to make it to Broadway)
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Summary: Best In Show Plus Rocky Horror Equals Guffman
Review: Waiting for Guffman is another wonderful mockumentary from actor/director Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap, Best in Show) and cowriter/partner in crime Eugene Levy. The film highlights the big dreams and raw (very raw) talent of the five stars of 'Red, White and Blaine,' the celebratory musical commemorating Blaine, Missouri's 150th anniversary. The humor in Guffman is of the cut-above variety, founded on relationships and underlined by the characters' hopes. Guest plays Corky St. Clair, a refugee from Broadway who has found a niche for his special abilities as the de facto King of Theater in Blaine. Levy plays the town dentist who is auditioning for the very first time. Parker Posey is the perky, poignant and perhaps pathetic ingenue who works at the Dairy Queen. Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard prove the maxim that matching sweatsuits betray an unhappy marriage. Bob Balaban plays Lloyd Miller the music director who is grounded in reality, although his suggestion that the cast might spend some of the rehearsal time actually practicing the songs and dances is met with hostility. As an ex-theater major from Hays, Kansas I found the characters 100% real even while laughing at the absurdity of their belief in the possibility that they might take their show to Broadway. The musical itself would make a great cult movie in the vein of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The events commemorated include the settling of Blaine (in which a wagon train leader manages to convince an entire group of people that they've already reached California), the famous UFO sighting and alien encounter, and the founding of the stool-making business which drove Blaine's economy for generations. The DVD is worth seeing just for the extra features. The commentary by Guest and Levy is more informative than funny. I got the impression that they were distracted from the commentary by the brilliance of certain scenes in the movie. The extra scenes, however, were hilarious. Waiting for Guffman was shot from a bare-bones script and the actors were encouraged to improvise most of the dialogue. From over 60 hours of footage the best scenes were selected: three of the original scenes that didn't get into the musical, an alternate ending for O'Hara and Willard, scenes with characters that never made it into the movie, and an explanation for why the dentist's wife has a Wisconsin accent.
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Summary: Not that funny
Review: Best in show......Funny! This movie.....Not funny.
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Summary: You'll Watch It Over and Over and Over
Review: The first time we rented this movie, I had never heard of it and didn't know what to expect. We ended up renting the movie so many times, we could've bought it. So we did. Christopher Guest is hilarious as Corky St. Clair, the mastermind director, producer and writer of "Red, White and Blaine." The production is to celebrate the 150th birthday of Blaine, MO. "Waiting for Guffman" begins with a brief history about the town before getting right into the auditions for the big production. The "talent" that gets cast for the play include Dr. Allan Pearl (Eugene Levy), Ron and Sheila Albertson (Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara) and Dairy Queen worker Libby Mae Brown (Parker Posey). Corky wants to use his big production as a springboard to Broadway. And when he finds out New York agent Mort Guffman has accepted his invitation to watch the one-night show, he feels he's on the right track. While the overall movie will keep you in stitches, the heart of the humor will come from the big night onstage. The songs the cast sing, the dances, the dialogue - you'll find yourself quoting the movie after a second watch. You'll also recognize many faces in this mockumentary. If you've ever seen "Best in Show" and "Spinal Tap," you'll definitely love "Waiting for Guffman." Highly recommended!
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Summary: Corky Rules!!
Review: If you love off beat humor - this is the movie for you. Christopher Guest is a genius. This movie is every bit as good as "Best in Show". The ensemble cast is outstanding (many of them were in "Best in Show"). This is a must see!!
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