Nigel Tufnel's greatest hits Nov 30, 2007
Best known as the writer, director, and shape-shifting comedic actor from such mockumentaries as "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show," Guest is at Berklee tonight to collect an honorary doctorate. Because the 59-year-old finds the idea of donning a long black robe to be strange, he will instead perform music that he wrote for "This is Spinal Tap," "Guffman," and "A Mighty Wind." Berklee faculty and students, who have rearranged his movie songs into styles ranging from big band to bossa nova,... (Boston Globe)
The night is young Nov 29, 2007
Friday These Go to 11: Christopher Guest Meets Berklee Berklee faculty and students will interpret Guest's tunes from the movies "This Is Spinal Tap," "Waiting for Guffman," and "A Mighty Wind." 8:15 p.m. $30. All ages. (Boston Globe)
Morocco celebrates 50 years of film Nov 22, 2007
Parker Posey indie darling and actress, Dazed and Confused and Waiting for Guffman. . (Variety)
11/12: Foothills Film Nov 6, 2007
The "dogumentary" reunites the ensemble cast of Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and others from the cult comedy, Waiting for Guffman. Speaker: Phillip Taylor. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Christina Applegate answers Samantha Who? Oct 16, 2007
I always thought that Catherine OHara did the best drunk in the world in Waiting for Guffman, but Jean might have knocked her out of the park. Is the hair what you wanted to do for the show. (MSNBC -- News)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Indie film 'Mail' gets stamp of approval Aug 22, 2007
"We were big fans of Christopher Guest and Waiting for Guffman, so we thought why don't we try to write something really low budget ... that's kind of in that vein," Evermore says. Glorious Mail was shot entirely in and around Oxford, which stood in for the fictional and bizarre but somehow believable hamlet of Sinnaville. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Read on... Aug 16, 2007
Three films that mean a lot to me: American Beauty Waiting for Guffman Wet Hot American Summer. Last CD I bought: These Streets, Paolo Nutini. (Variety)
Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Others Reveal Magic Behind Improv Comedy Aug 16, 2007
Of course, Christopher Guest has practically made a directing career out of largely improvised films like "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show" and, most recently, last year's "For Your Consideration." And he, along with Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, comprise Spinal Tap, the fake band that was presented mockumentary-style in the landmark comedy flick "This Is Spinal Tap.". The goal for such films and TV shows like "Reno 911!" is to ditch contrivances, such as the goofy next-door neighbor,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Catherine Zeta-Jones makes 'No Reservations' Jul 18, 2007
She abruptly raises her arms, theatrically widens her eyes and starts belting out Maria Muldaur's 1974 hit Midnight at theOasis, which got a humorous rendition in the 1997 comedy Waiting for Guffman. "It's so funny, you have to see it," she tells a stylist, makeup artist and photographer, adding that she has been humming the lyrics to herself all day. (USA Today -- Life)
devoted to Clay Aiken Jul 15, 2007
" Apparently, producer Todd Ellis thought so, too. Directed by Daniel Tursi, with book and lyrics by Bill Boland and music and lyrics by Jon Balcourt, the show began its off-Broadway performances July 5 at the 45th Street Theatre. Despite its slight story line and almost surreally inexpert production -- one audience member compared the experience to that of watching a real-life version of the movie "Waiting for Guffman" -- "Idol: The Musical" may prove to be a savvy investment for its creators.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's on your top 10 movies list? Jun 30, 2007
The Pink Panther Strikes Again Waiting for Guffman The Shawshank Redemption Star Wars Trilogy The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Sent by Cameron | 3:31 AM ET | 06-26-2007. (NPR)
What's your favorite movie? Jun 24, 2007
From left: Louise Wrobleski, 54, Tamworth, "The Gods Must be Crazy"; Tomasen Carey, 42, Exeter, "Waiting for Guffman; Paula Salvio, Durham, "Love with the Proper Stranger; Terry Moher, 57, Durham, "Life is Beautiful."Sarah Brady photo By Sarah Brady sbrady@seacoastonline ... 42, Exeter, "Waiting for Guffman". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Ocean's Thirteen' Hits $37 Million Box-Office Jackpot Jun 11, 2007
Perhaps it was because the mockumentary style flew over the heads of most children who, after watching "Finding Nemo" for the 8 billionth time, don't likely pop in "Waiting for Guffman" or because penguins finally have reached a critical mass, but the flick's $18 million opening, while respectable, fell on the very low end of animated debuts. From "Surf's Up" to "Time's Up?" could the weak opening for "Hostel: Part II," which came in sixth place with $8. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Surf-Penguin Mockumentary Catches a Mellow Wave Jun 9, 2007
Imagine a penguinized Waiting for Guffman, complete with a cast of deeply committed eccentrics Chicken Joe, for instance, a surfer dude who is vague enough about the world to feel pampered when some penguin cannibals toss him and some vegetables into what he assumes is a hot tub. Their adventures, and their interviews, are all captured in documentary-style handheld camerawork which is tricky, since there's no camera involved in digital animation. (NPR)
Consider it weak| Jun 8, 2007
Guest, with co-conspirator Eugene Levy, has deviated from his successful mockumentary style (This is Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman) to make a film about making a film. To add another layer to the irony, he has cast himself as the director of the film within the film. (iAfrica.com)
A REAL CLASS ACT Jun 8, 2007
"Chalk" is directed in the improvisational style of Christopher Guest ("Waiting for Guffman") by Mike Akel, a teacher himself, and written by him and another instructor, Chris Mass, who has a lead role. So they know what they're talking about. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Breaking into song, bursting with ideas Jun 5, 2007
To wit: Christopher Guest, whose "Waiting for Guffman" and "A Mighty Wind" qualify as the best of his signature mock-documentaries. Guest, of course, was one of the stars of the greatest rock musical ever, "This Is Spinal Tap," which introduced a hilarious new version of the classic "backstage" musical by way of another endlessly tweakable form, the rock documentary. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The family that plays together May 6, 2007
The director turned to "his lions," as he calls them -- Paul Benedict ("Waiting for Guffman" and TV's "The Jeffersons") plays Hirst, and Max Wright (TV's "Alf") is Spooner. Both have worked with Wheeler before and have Broadway and ART credits. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Is this a doc? Yes, no, maybe Mar 30, 2007
What the filmmakers captured in the end may not be all real, but it sticks far closer to reality than a mockumentary along the lines of Waiting for Guffman, Death of a President or any in the now burgeoning genre of entirely fictitious films shot documentary style. "It's tough, because we were also trying to make a serious film about a serious problem,'" Brown said. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Halfway Home' is juvenile, amateurish, vulgar {mdash} and pretty funny Mar 14, 2007
They are the current iteration of cult TV, and they have in their family tree Christopher Guest's movies, including "Best in Show" and "Waiting for Guffman.". In "Halfway Home," five paroled ex-cons live together under supervision by a touchy-feely counselor named Kenny (Kevin Ruf , the executive producer and an alumnus of the Groundlings). (Boston Globe)
Newest inductees announced for Walk of Fame Mar 7, 2007
Catherine O'Hara An alumnus of Toronto's Second City theatre troupe, Ms. O'Hara has starred in several ensemble movie casts of late, including those of director Christopher Guest in such films as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. Gordon Pinsent A 40-year veteran of Canadian screen and stage, Mr. Pinsent began his career at the Manitoba Theatre Centre and quickly made his way to the Stratford Festival. (Globe and Mail)
Walk of Fame inducts CTV's Lloyd Robertson Mar 7, 2007
She has been a member of the ensemble casts of Christopher Guest's "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show, "A Mighty Wind" and most recently, "For Your Consideration. " Hometown: Toronto, Ont. Gordon Pinsent Born in Newfoundland, Pinsent began his career at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. From there, he quickly made his way to the Stratford Festival and onto to television and feature films where he created some of Canada's most memorable characters. A forty-year veteran of theatre, film, television... (CTV.ca)
Critic Mike Clark: Babel is Crash-ing the Oscars Feb 23, 2007
Sycophants assemble, a shaky band wagon rolls, and, partly because this is a different kind of movie, there's less comic payoff than we got from Guest & Co's three preceding mockumentaries that began with 1996's Waiting for Guffman. Yet the satire of TV entertainment and morning shows is as dead-on as Fred Willard's modified Mohawk. (USA Today -- Life)
`Shut Up & Sing' disc too quiet on extras Feb 20, 2007
But I'm not sure it ranks with Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. DVD extras include deleted scenes that, even apart from the movie, are very funny, as well as a gallery of poster ideas for Home for Purim, also amusing on their own. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
What's new on video Feb 20, 2007
Fans of writer-director Christopher Guest have long savored his droll take on such subjects as community theater ("Waiting for Guffman"), folk music ("A Mighty Wind") and dog shows ("Best in Show"). He may have met his match in "For Your Consideration," which pokes fun and the film industry and how actors react at the mere mention of a possible Oscar nomination. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
READ MORE > Feb 18, 2007
Written by Christopher Guest, the master behind such films as "Waiting for Guffman," it's a neat spoof of the folks who put too much stock in awards. While working on a rather dreadful independent film called "Home for Purim," a handful of actors hear there's "Oscar buzz" on the Internet. (Sioux City Journal)
Music and Lyrics (PG) and For Your Consideration (12A) Feb 9, 2007
But this one is directed and co-written by Christopher Guest, whose improvisational genius has helped create the likes of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, and whose involvement in Rob Reiner's debut movie - otherwise known as This is Spinal Tap - was instrumental to its becoming, arguably, The Funniest Movie Ever Made. So what on Earth has happened. (Independent)
For Shearer's consideration Jan 25, 2007
For Your Consideration's director Christopher Guest has previously tackled show business in Waiting for Guffman. What did he do to create a point of difference with this film. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
My Free Time: Best Of Entertainment 2006 Dec 29, 2006
True, it's not as good as Guest's Community Theater romp "Waiting For Guffman," but the characters are just as woefully pathetic. That's a good thing if you're looking for laughs, but a bad thing for the people who are so misinformed that they don't realize they're being laughed at. (Click2Houston, TX)
Making Noises Dec 22, 2006
From musicals like "A Chorus Line" and "The Producers" to movies like "Waiting for Guffman," writers and directors have captivated audiences by revealing what's behind the scenes of the big show -- from within another big show. British playwright Michael Frayn is one of them. (Washington Times, DC)
Nick Paumgarten on Eugene Levy Dec 11, 2006
Eugene Levy, of the bushy black eyebrows, the crossable eyes, and the nasal, clerkish voice, has played, among other roles, a polka accordionist named Stan Shmenge and a newscaster named Earl Camembert ( SCTV ), a hairy sunbather ( Club Paradise ), a clueless dad ( American Pie and its several sequels), a dental-tools salesman ( The Man ), and, in a series of Christopher Guest films, which he also co-wrote, a song-and-dance dentist ( Waiting for Guffman ), a dog-lover with two left feet ( Best... (New Yorker)
Christopher Guest: Dec 2, 2006
In Waiting for Guffman, he trained his sights on community theater and gave himself the part of Corky St. Clairone of his most fully realized comic creations and one almost worthy of his idol, Peter Sellers ... For one thing, if what Guest is doing is spontaneous, it's a highly stage-managed form of spontaneity: Guest sifted through 55 hours of footage to come up with the 80 minutes that make up Waiting for Guffman. (Slate)
Ghosts, Misers and Redemption Dec 1, 2006
The movies he's made with Mr. Guest include A Mighty Wind, This Is Spinal Tap (which Mr. Guest co-wrote and starred in but didn't direct) and, most memorably, Waiting for Guffman, in which Mr. Benedict played an audience member of a play the cast has mistaken for a big-time producer. Mr. Guest's technique is quite different from the norm. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Movie Reviews Nov 28, 2006
It is the latest comedy from writer/director/actor Christopher Guest, whose previous outings - "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind" - enjoy devoted followings. Released in the midst of all the hoopla it lampoons, the film follows the actors and crew behind the film "Home for Purim," a melodrama about a Jewish family celebrating the favorite holiday of their dying matriarch. (University News, MO)
Anthony Lane on “The Fountain” Nov 28, 2006
For Your Consideration is the new arrival in a distinguished line of Guest bonanzas: A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, and a moment s silence, please, while we bow our heads in reverence This Is Spinal Tap. (Rob Reiner was the director, but Guest co-wrote, starred, and was the presiding genius. (New Yorker)
At the movies Nov 27, 2006
MOVIE KEY: SOUTHPORT: Surf Cinemas in Southport, 457-0320. SHALLOTTE: Coastal Cinemas 10 in Shallotte, 754-7469. (The Morning Star)
A Mighty Whiff Nov 25, 2006
The good news is that Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) has co-written and directed a sharp, stingingly honest satire about the movie businessabout the rampant insecurity and egoism, the aversion to originality and risk, the perverse pleasure taken in others misfortunes, and the speed with which you can become the very person you said you never would. The bad news is that the movie in question isnt Guests latest, For Your Consideration, but rather... (OC Weekly)
Consider `For Your Consideration' funny Nov 25, 2006
Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind -- it's an unalloyed joy every time these people get together to make a movie. Guest co-wrote and directed the definitive, and most uncannily incisive, satire of modern indie Hollywood back in 1989: The Big Picture, in which a film-school graduate and award-winning short-film director (Kevin Bacon) endures a passage through major-studio development hell on the way to making his first low-budget feature. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Hollywood hype is ripe for satire Nov 25, 2006
He has expertly skewered obsessed dog owners (``Best in Show''), folk singers (``A Mighty Wind'') and small-town pageant people (``Waiting for Guffman''), not to mention the rock world (``This Is Spinal Tap,'' which he co-wrote but didn't direct). Guest took on Hollywood in his 1989 directorial debut ``The Big Picture,'' and he returns to it in the new satire ``For Your Consideration,'' whose target is the Hollywood buzz machine. (San Jose Mercury News)
'For Your Consideration' succumbs to insiderish gags Nov 24, 2006
By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie Writer You didn't have to be a community-theater diva to appreciate Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy's stage spoof "Waiting for Guffman." Or a dog lover to adore their canine comedy "Best in Show." ... The magic that approach sparked in "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show" surfaces at times in "For Your Consideration." Yet too many of the jokes are only for hardcore Hollywood watchers. (Pensacola News Journal)
'For Your Consideration,' 'Deck the Halls,' 'Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,' 'Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny' Nov 24, 2006
Once the seed is planted in her mind -- and on the set of the indie picture -- it grows like the monster plant from "Little Shop of Horrors." It changes everyone and everything in its path in this latest comedy from director Christopher Guest ("A Mighty Wind," "Best in Show," "Waiting for Guffman") which is perfectly timed to coincide with the real awards season. "For Your Consideration," which takes its title from the promotional ads placed in the trades, skewers all things Oscar, from... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Guest is noble, egalitarian and a creature of habit Nov 24, 2006
From Waiting for Guffman through to his latest, For Your Consideration, now in theaters, Guest's movies always star "the usual suspects" -- Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, "a repertory company of 23 friends" is how he describes it. "I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends. "I've found people that I loved working... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET Nov 23, 2006
FORYOUR-FILM (Denerstein, SHNS) _ Thanks in large measure to his gifted comic actors, Christopher Guest's mock documentaries ("Waiting for Guffman." "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind") have been recognized as some of the most keenly observed parodies in the business. Now comes "For Your Consideration," a little different, but no less enjoyable. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Improv comedy is a winner Nov 23, 2006
The closest thing the film world has to a repertory company is the gang of improvisational comic actors, led by writer-director-actor Christopher Guest, which has given us such entertaining inside views of show business as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. Fans may disagree about which of these is the informal troupe's best in show, but the mirth level has remained consistently high throughout the past decade. (The Palm Beach Post)
This mockumentary doesn't deliver laughs Nov 22, 2006
And even the fabulously talented ensemble behind "Best in Show," "Waiting for Guffman" and "A Mighty Wind" is capable of a "For Your Consideration."This coulda-been-a-contender mockumentary follows the recipe of those champion comedies. Director/actor Christopher Guest assembles the same veteran performers who took a skewered look at world-class dog shows ("Best"), reuniting '60s folk singers ("Wind") and small-town theater productions ("Guffman"). (Indianapolis Star)
CREATING A BUZZ Nov 22, 2006
A lot of people have known it since their best movie "Waiting for Guffman.". With "Best in Show," their specialized and much-lauded comic franchise went from a boutique into something like a big mall department store. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
More reviews | Deja Vu, For Your Consideration, The Fountain, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, Deck the Halls Nov 22, 2006
A big part of the appeal of the previous three comedies (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) by director Christopher Guest and his ensemble of like-minded actors is that they were all mockumentaries about unlikely subjects -- community theater, dog shows, folk music -- that maintained a poker-faced demeanor no matter how silly or ridiculous they became. The group's fourth film, For Your Consideration, isn't written as a mockumentary, perhaps because Guest felt he had overused that... (Miami.com, FL -- Entertainment)
'For Your Consideration' falls short Nov 22, 2006
Among Guest films, For Your Consideration ranks near the bottom, alongside Waiting for Guffman (1996), another comedy about the business of acting, which spoofs a small-town theatrical production ... The character isn't that far from Corky St. Clair, the self-important play director Guest played in Waiting for Guffman. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
High expectations go unmet Nov 22, 2006
When you are using the magnificent "This Is Spinal Tap," "Best in Show," "Waiting for Guffman" and "A Mighty Wind" as the measuring stick, then even a weak effort is good. But it could have been a lot better. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Christopher's funny fraternity (Kelly Jane Torrance) Nov 22, 2006
The film, which opened Friday, features many of the same cast members from director Christopher Guest's previous improvised comedies, "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind." This time, Mr. Guest and his talented colleagues turn their sharpened claws on themselves: "For Your Consideration" is a side-splitting send up of Hollywood ... Larry Miller remembers his first job for Mr. Guest, on "Waiting for Guffman." "My first thought was, 'Great, no memorizing the script,' " he says.... (Washington Times)
'The Fountain': Space Odyssey, By Kurt Loder Nov 22, 2006
The picture has some hysterical lines, as you'd expect, and some funny situations; what it doesn't quite have is the bull's-eye bite of such earlier Guest pseudo-documentaries as "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show." It also has way too many characters. Guest himself plays first-time (and probably last-time) director Jay Berman, who's making a doomed low-budget movie called "Home for Purim" a Jewish family saga, complete with dying mother, set in Georgia, of all places, and in the 1940s, for... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Screening a piece of stage history Nov 20, 2006
Next weekend it's "This Is Spinal Tap." Dec. 1 and 2 it's "Spinal Tap" again and "Waiting for Guffman," and Dec. 8 and 9 is "Best in Show." All shows are at midnight. Leslie Brokaw can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
How do 'small' films get such big-time buzz? Nov 20, 2006
Off to the races," the excited unit publicist (played by John Michael Higgins) says in the movie. "We wanted to make it, unbelieveably, the opposite of something concrete," says Guest, whose earlier films "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind" used much of the same cast. "We wanted to make it something floating in the ether. What do you mean, a rumor on the Internet. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
When actors in a small film get mighty big heads Nov 19, 2006
What seemed like a brilliant one-off -- "Waiting for Guffman" (1997) -- has turned out to be the launching point for a significant body of work. Since then, writer-director Christopher Guest, in collaboration with screenwriter Eugene Levy, has made three more comedies, "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind" and now "For Your Consideration," all featuring a highly original brand of absurdist humor and big ensembles. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wait for it . . . Nov 18, 2006
01:00 AMWaiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and now For Your Consideration ... So, for example, on Waiting for Guffman, the only adds are entire scenes and sequences (in that case, staged production numbers) that ended up being cut for length. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Feast of film Nov 18, 2006
"For Your Consideration" -- The latest parody comedy from Christopher Guest and his regular gang of improv comics from "Best in Show" and "Waiting for Guffman." The target this time. Oscar campaigns by Hollywood studios. (Pensacola News Journal)
Waiting for guffaws Nov 18, 2006
He put together a company of his own to make some of the most unique comedies ever captured on film - among them ''Waiting for Guffman,'' ''Best in Show'' and the latest effort, ''For Your Consideration,'' which shows what happens when Oscar buzz hits the cast and crew working on a small independent film. The movie opened yesterday, but arrives in Cape theaters on Wednesday. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
EW review: 'Happy Feet,' affable movie Nov 18, 2006
"For Your Consideration" doesn't have the universal appeal of Guest's "Best in Show" or "Waiting for Guffman"; the work is more inside baseball, more like "A Mighty Wind," with its loving eye roll in the cultish direction of folksingers and their Birkenstocks. But something about that specialized self-mockery moves and tickles me even more, I think -- the precision of the skewering, the scholarship in the details. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Oscar-season spoof not award contender Nov 17, 2006
Guest and company repeatedly mine the same vein of comedy in such movies as Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind. Each has a different setting, but all share a similar sensibility. (Boston Herald)
'For Your Consideration': Comedy with a kick Nov 17, 2006
The movie makes explicit the lust for showbiz validation that has lurked in all of Guest's projects, from the community theater outfit in "Waiting for Guffman" to the middle-aged folkies in "A Mighty Wind.". It's not the dreamers that Guest and co-writer Eugene Levy send up, but the harshness of the dream itself. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Guest's satire worthy of 'Consideration' Nov 17, 2006
He's expertly skewered dog owners ("Best in Show"), folk singers ("A Mighty Wind") and small-town pageant people ("Waiting for Guffman"). He's also taken on Hollywood once before, in his 1989 directorial debut "The Big Picture." The film here is called "Home for Purim," a low-budget production about a fractured Jewish family uniting for Purim, starring Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara), an actress who was once, very briefly, Somebody. (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
No 'Consideration' for Oscar Nov 17, 2006
For Your Consideration is closer in spirit to Waiting for Guffman. Some of us look forward to Guest films the way others pine for installments of Bond or Star Trek. (USA Today -- Life)
So sad you have to laugh Nov 17, 2006
All of the ensemble movies he's co-written and directed A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and This Is Spinal Tap (which Rob Reiner directed, but Guest co-wrote) are keenly observant of human foibles, and they employ every kind of humour: sketch, improv, wordplay, jokes, pratfalls, zany hair and costumes. The full text of this article has 892 words. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Consideration': Success about failures Nov 17, 2006
And just about everything he's been involved with since This is Spinal Tap including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind have been about the sensitivity obliviating powers of showbiz. The difference here lies less in the fact that he's abandoned the mockumentary form traces of which nevertheless remain in For Your Consideration's ample use of interview and ad-lib sequences than in the experience of his ensemble. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
