For Your Consideration (2006)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 160
Fresh: 81 | Rotten: 79
As the object of satire gets bigger the jokes become thinner, and Christopher Guest isn't as droll or insightful here than when he was lampooning smaller subjects.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 17
As the object of satire gets bigger the jokes become thinner, and Christopher Guest isn't as droll or insightful here than when he was lampooning smaller subjects.
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Mockumentary mastermind Christopher Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in an independent film are generating a sizable buzz in the entertainment industry. Jay Berman (Guest) is in the process of directing his first feature film -- an intimate family drama set in the 1940s and
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Cast
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Bob Balaban
Philip Koontz -
Jennifer Coolidge
Whitney Taylor Brown -
Christopher Guest
Jay Berman -
John Michael Higgins
Corey Taft -
Eugene Levy
Morley Orfkin -
Jane Lynch
Cindy Martin -
Michael McKean
Lane Iverson -
Catherine O'Hara
Marilyn Hack -
Parker Posey
Callie Webb -
Harry Shearer
Victor Allan Miller -
Fred Willard
Chuck Porter -
Jim Piddock
Simon Whitset -
Jane Morris
Script Supervisor -
Stephen Rannazzisi
Studio Gate Guard -
Jordan Black
Whitney's Assistant -
Ed Begley Jr
Sandy Lane -
Paul Dooley
Paper Badge Sergeant -
John Krasinski
Paper Badge Officer -
Don Lake
Love It Film Critic -
Michael Hitchcock
Hate It Film Critic -
Lauri Johnson
Morley's Secretary -
Simon Helberg
Junior Agent -
Rachael Harris
Mary Pat Hooligan -
Sandra Oh
Marketing Person -
Richard Kind
Marketing Person -
Christopher Moynihan
Brian Chubb -
Carrie Aizley
Pam Campanella -
Ari Graynor
Young PA -
Scott Adsit
First AD -
Stephanie Courtney
Boom Operator -
Suzy Nakamura
First AC -
Mary McCormack
Pilgrim Woman -
Shawn Christian
Pilgrim Man -
Deborah Theaker
Liz Fenneman -
Nina Conti
Weather Woman -
Scott Williamson
Skip -
Sarah Shahi
Sanchez -
Steven M. Porter
Floor Manager -
Ricky Gervais
Martin Gibb -
Larry Miller
Syd Finkleman -
Craig Bierko
Talk Show Host -
C.J. Vanston
Talk Show Band Leader -
Joe Satriani
Talk Show Guitarist -
Oneida James
Talk Show Bassist -
Curt Bisquera
Talk Show Drums -
Anne King
Talk Show Trumpet -
Sheila Gonzalez
Talk Show Saxophone -
Lance Barber
Dinkie -
Skyler Stone
Don -
Mark Harelik
Round Table Host -
Rick Gonzalez
Chillaxin' Host -
Claire Forlani
Claire Forlani -
Hart Bochner
Hart Bochner -
Kevin Sussman
Commercial Director -
Jessica St. Clair
Hula Balls Spokeswoman -
Casey Wilson
Young Actress -
Kevin Christy
Young Actor -
Derek Waters
Even Younger Actor
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All Critics (168) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (81) | DVD (13)
In order to stay ahead as a mocker these days, you must nail your subject for good.
Top CriticGuest and his co-writer, Eugene Levy, aren't afraid to chew off the hand that feeds them.
For Your Consideration won't win an Oscar, but it probably will win some adulation from hard-core Guest fans.
Individual scenes come across as amusing, but Guest loses comic momentum when he shifts between the shooting of the lachrymose Home for Purim and the segments lampooning entertainment media.
Fans of Guest's brand of repertory-company character comedies will find a few reasons to grin. But even the fanatical will have to admit that this one is hardly worth considering.
For Your Consideration always seems a bit too tame for its own good: It never busts out the way you hope it would.
For Your Consideration is not Guest at his best, but it's still an enjoyable way to spend a few hours and the company you'll keep is memorable enough.
Improv master Guest takes on Tinseltown.
Aside from an occasional chuckle, For Your Consideration is banal and, worst of all, frequently annoying.
The blunt of derision ends up falling not on the shallowness of the system but on the pathetic souls who thought something would come out of it
The point is that Hollywood types are--gasp!--shallow. If that news shocks anyone, check your pulse, because you may have been in a coma for 80 years.
The film-within-a-film narrative device falls flat because the inner story is a melodrama with no comic momentum of its own.
For Your Consideration might indeed be a bridge too far for the Guest troupe, but seeing it makes you want to liberate his inventive women for other projects
The problem with FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION is that it breaks the cardinal rule of comedy: it just isn't funny.
While they do pull a few punches (to the detriment of the story), there are enough laughs and great performances to rescue the film from the dustbin.
I would rather stay home and watch TV than walk across the street to watch this movie for free.
...the goings-on in Hollywood are already so bizarre that trying to spoof them is a thankless proposition.
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