Rating: 
Summary: Not as good as Best In Show
Review: Christopher Guest's mockumentary is about a small town theatre group that puts on a play and invites a famous Broadway critic, Guffman, to attend. The would-be stars all have grand illusions of being discovered by Guffman, and making a big splash in show biz.A lot of people find this film hilarious; I didn't. I never cared about what these characters were going through; they seemed way too stereotypical and phony and the actors just weren't believable. They weren't sweet, innocent, or endearing; they were boring. If you want to see most of the same actors in a much better mockumentary, also written and directed by the Guest, see Best in Show. It is hilarious.
Rating: 
Summary: It's fun and fresh comedy!
Review: I mockumentary of a small town's play. I love the characters and all the comical drama. This is one of my favorite movies amongst others including "best in show" and "this is spinal tap". A good twist for the serious documentary lover.
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Summary: Sam Beckett transplanted to the American sticks.
Review: If you've seen one Christopher Guest mockumentary, it appears you've seen them all. Pivoting on the 150-year-anniversary celebrations of the small Missouri town of Blaine (named after the bear-grappling Jedediah Springfield-figure who mistook it for California; claims to fame - gave stool to President McKinley, which he so liked he asked for more, making Blaine the 'stool capital of the world'; an alien visitation, complete with supper and probes, that predated Roswell by a year), the film follows the exact same structure as Guest's recent 'Best In Show'. The first half introduces the town citizens who are putting on a no-budget stage pageant as part of the celebrations (played by Guest's brilliant repetory company) - camp, failed New York producer Corky St. Clair (Guest), whose local productions have included an adaptation of 'Backdraft'; Lloyd Miller (Bob Balaban), the lugubrious school music teacher who has to cede his usual organising role to St. Claire, whom he clearly thinks a buffoon; Dr. Allan Pearl, the local dentist; Ron and Sheila Albertson (Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara), loud, talentless St. Clair regulars who run the local travel agency but have never left Blaine; Libby Mae Brown (Parker Posey), a Dairy Queen clerk whose dad's in prison (for a non-violent offence); Clifford Woolley (Lewis Arquette), grizzly ex-taxidermist who lives in a caravan; and Johnny Savage (Matt Keeslar), bad-boy mechanic and object of St. Clair's desire, whose grim dad is bluntly suspicious. In this half, the citizens reveal their (caricatured, mostly obnoxious) characters, obsessions and dreams, and rehearse for the show. The second half consists of the pageant itself, complete. This is a brave move - in 'Best In Show', a dog show had many potentially comic points of interest - if you didn't find one routine funny, you might like the next. Here, the musical is all - it's really got to be something to deliver the comic goods. That it's not particularly hilarious - in quite, a creditable piece of amateur dramatics, with songs by Spinal Tap - isn't fatal is due to a vital plot ingredient: Guffman, a Broadway agent, who is due to watch the show. The entire cast, in particular St. Claire, see this as a chance to finally make it to the big time. This gives a poignancy to the film, making you half-hope the show isn't a disaster. As the title indicates, Guffman is a Godot figure. As in Beckett's play, in which two tramps are caught in an anonymous wasteland, waiting for release from Godot, Guest's characters, outwardly so proud of and insistent on their place in their society, are clearly spiritually suffering at the purgatorial confines of their small-town environment, and the ridiculous caricatures they have become in order to live in it. These kinds of film can sometimes seem snide, with sophisticated city satirists poking easy laughs at backwoods yokels. But the portrait of this small town is subtle, behind the smiles - the latent anti-Semitism; the homophobia that encourages a man to pretend he has a wife to retain respect; the mindless patriotism. Guffman becomes more than a mere agent, he is spiritual release. So it doesn't really matter that the people never seem convincing as real human beings, as they would in a genuine documentary - they embody a social process, rooted in history, nation and a bottom-up jingoism, that has turned potentially good people into bad jokes.
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Summary: Fine Modern Day Wit.
Review: This film is one of those rare modern day comedies, one that makes you think. For a lot of people, mulitple viewings will probably be necessary to "get" the movie. However, for anyone who has had experience in community theatre, the film is a humorous riot from beginning to end. Christopher Guest is a genius! The film is a mockumentary about Corky St. Claire (Guest) a New Yorker hoping that his new musical "Red, White, and Blaire" celebrating the town of Blaire, Missouri will mark his Broadway comeback. After receiving a note scheduling a visit from a Broadway producer named, Mr. Guffman, the cast and director believe that this is their big chance at fame and fortune. However, for anyone who has seen or read, Waiting for Godot; well you can guess what happens. Hilarious!
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Summary: Very Very Funny!
Review: I like this DVD; basically it's a fake documentary on the production and evolution of rural stage performances. The jokes are all subtle, the casting is excellant, and the extra (deleted scenes) are almost as good as the movie itself. Take my advice and buy this DVD.
Rating:
Summary: One of the Funniest Movies Ever
Review: This is the best of the Christopher Guest films (This Is Spinal Tap, Best In Show) and one of the best comedies ever made. The writing is brilliant, as are the performances. Buy it, watch it and then watch it another hundred times!
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Summary: Christopher Guest is a genius!
Review: this man's mind is a miraculous thing!
i haven't laughed this hard in a long time!
this mock-u-mentary is classic!
CORKY!!
Rating:
Summary: Funnier Every Time I See It
Review: I LOVE "This Is Spinal Tap". It is my favorite of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. That being said, "Waiting For Guffman" is funnier. I can't believe I missed this when it came out and didn't see it until 2001. Since then, I have seen it eight times, and I will see it again and again. It is perfect. A gem. Flawless. Corky St.Clair is one of those rare comic creations. Ron and Sheila Albertson are hilarious. Dr. Allen Pearl is great. This move is filled with some of my all-time moviequote favorites, and I am a moviequote geek. I find myself quoting this thing with my friends all the time. If you like subtle, intelligent comedy, with some laugh out loud moments in a really smart film, you HAVE to see WFG. AGAIN AND AGAIN!
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Summary: Not gonna live in this ell'ole
Review: This is a great film.I probably wouldn't have liked
this when i was a teen-ager,but now in my mid-twenties
i think it's just brilliant.The formula that Lord Haden-Guest
and Co. use is completely radical and respectable.I mean no
script for this one.That,and the amazing performance's
of the complete cast(Levy,O'Hara,Posey,Willard,ect..)
make for the perfect movie in an age of BIG budget Crap. the commentary w/Guest/Levy is also great and revealing.
plus thirty min's. of additonal scenes. COMEDY IS REMEDY..thank you,Mr.Guest
Rating: 
Summary: Great
Review: Don't judge this movie the first time you watch it, because you may not like it. If you keep watching it, you will begin to love it, and pretty soon you won't be able to stop watching it. It is hilarious, but not quite as strong as Best In Show. This isn't slapstick humor, it is a very heartwarming story that makes you laugh along the way.
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