In my 2003 review of A Mighty Wind, I wrote, "I'd like to see a movie made about aging Second City actors reuniting for a big show and how ridiculous they are. This movie was quite enjoyable, but I wonder if Christopher Guest is just going to keep making the same format of a film over and over and over again."Instead of making a movie about aging Second City actors, Guest made one about indie film actors. That is a step in the right direction, I suppose.
I was also happy to see that this film was a little different from the previous three in that this wasn't shot as a documentary. I liked the change. I also didn't feel like the film was as mean-spirited as his last three films.
This movie never made me roll on the floor with laughter but I did smile often. It isn't a laugh out loud movie as much as a "Ah, that was a clever moment" kind of movie. A mellow Sunday afternoon pre-Oscars kind of movie.
This makes me want to see Guest's first film, The Big Picture, again. That movie also was about the film industry. I remembered liking it back in 1989 or so but I would guess that the Martin Short bits that I thought were funny then, would drive me crazy now.
Directed by Christopher Guest
2006
DVD
3 comments:
Whats wrong with mean-spirited, especially in comedy, plus they werent that mean spirited....your sooooo sensitive!
nothing is wrong about mean-spirited but i just feel like guest often chooses such easy targets to ridicule.
i guess it's harder to ridicule the industry you're in? i missed the documentary style. this was a snooze.
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