For Your Consideration
Weather-beaten screen siren Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) has been struggling for recognition for thirty years. After some short-lived notoriety in the late eighties for her freakish role as an over-painted strumpet in the seamy Song for Reuben, her star has long since faded. Her latest gig is playing Esther Pisker, the ailing mamele of a Jewish family in the Deep South awaiting the return of her estranged daughter Rachel - played by belligerent stand-up comic Kelly Webb (Parker Posey)—in the melodrama Home for Purim. One day, Marilyn gets wind of an Internet rumor that her performance could land her an Academy Award nomination. Soon Oscar fever spreads and co-stars Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer)—best known as the Foot-Long Wiener—and Kelly get bit too.
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Considered Opinion - Hilarity
Guest films aren't actually my favourite, but I like this more than most. If you're a fan of A Mighty Wind or Waiting for Guffman, you have different tastes from me.
For Your Consideration, though, really brought a smile to my face.
Catherine O'Hara is at her best. I mean, how do you fake the facial expression of too much plastic surgery?
The Entertainment Tonight like show featuring Jane Lynch & Fred Ward is probably the highlight of the film for me. That and all the over-the-top Yiddish content of the Purim film.
A dry humour not for everyone, but entertaining nonetheless.Hooray for Purim! - dyspnea
If you like Christopher Guest's movies, you will love this one. If you didn't like A Mighty Wind very much, you will love this even more for rekindling the flame with this superbly talented ensemble. This movie actually gets better the more times you watch it, and definitly watch the commentaries and bonus material, which heighten the appreciation for the talented cast even more. (Catherine O'Hara is even more amazing than I thought! See the commentary for more details) What'S great about bonus material on this kind of film is that they aren't just bloopers, but completely different improvised material. You may also find yourself becoming a fan of english monkey ventriloquism... Definitly worth a rental to keep around for a while, and once it has been returned you will keep thinking about buying it.Where are the laughs? - XTRUClerk
I do like Christopher Guest's movies in general. I thought I was in for a treat as many of the actors I liked from his past films were here. Unfortunately the laughs, subtle or otherwise, are few and far between. For the most part the characters and jokes were very stale. It seems to be a trend that Mr. Guest is setting. I didn't think A Mighty Wind was very funny either, though better than this, and I have to go back to Best in Show for the last film of his that I actually enjoyed. Rent and watch Spinal Tap again, a much funnier movie. This one is better left alone and soon forgotten. Cheers.
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Considered Opinion - Hilarity
Guest films aren't actually my favourite, but I like this more than most. If you're a fan of A Mighty Wind or Waiting for Guffman, you have different tastes from me.
For Your Consideration, though, really brought a smile to my face.
Catherine O'Hara ...Hooray for Purim! - dyspnea
If you like Christopher Guest's movies, you will love this one. If you didn't like A Mighty Wind very much, you will love this even more for rekindling the flame with this superbly talented ensemble. This movie actually gets better the more times you watch ...Where are the laughs? - XTRUClerk
I do like Christopher Guest's movies in general. I thought I was in for a treat as many of the actors I liked from his past films were here. Unfortunately the laughs, subtle or otherwise, are few and far between. For the most part the characters and jokes ...