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For Your Consideration (2006)

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Reviews Counted:153

Fresh:77

Rotten:76

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 17, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $5,490,967

Synopsis: Arch satirist Christopher Guest (THIS IS SPINAL TAP, BEST IN SHOW) brings more mirth to the screen, providing an inimitable take on the film industry with FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. The plot follows... Arch satirist Christopher Guest (THIS IS SPINAL TAP, BEST IN SHOW) brings more mirth to the screen, providing an inimitable take on the film industry with FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. The plot follows the cast and crew of a fictional movie called HOME FOR PURIM, which is directed by Jay Berman (played by Guest himself) and stars an aging actress at the end of her career, Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara); an actor best known for starring in a hotdog ad, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer); and young Callie Webb (Parker Posey), who is trying to put her VAGINA MONOLOGUES-esque past (in a production called NO PENIS INTENDED) firmly behind her. As Berman and Co. attempt to bring HOME FOR PURIM to the screen, a variety of supporting players flits in and out of the movie, with Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Coolidge appearing as two very different producers, Jane Lynch and Fred Willard playing the glitzy hosts of trashy celebrity-obsessed TV show HOLLYWOOD NOW, and Bob Balaban appearing as a frustrated co-writer. This motley bunch all get along just fine until an Oscar buzz surrounds certain cast members, leading to a fierce explosion of wildly different ideas and ambitions for the film. Fans of Guest's movies will doubtless experience a welcome familiarity in the feel of FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. The usual deadpan wit, carefully crafted satire, and close attention to detail in everything from Fred Willard's haircut to the computer graphics of HOLLYWOOD NOW are all lovingly rendered, and Guest's loyal troupe of performers--as well as a sprinkling of new faces--delivers the material with habitual ease. In an era when most Hollywood comedy sticks to a strict, well-trodden formula, it's satisfying to find someone like Guest plowing a lonely furrow against the grain, and there's enough spark in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION to suggest he still has plenty of wit yet to bestow on his faithful audience. [More]

Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer

Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Coolidge, Bob Balaban, Rachel Harris, Ed Begley, Sandra Oh, Jane Lynch, Loudon Wainwright

Director: Christopher Guest

Director: Christopher Guest
Producer: Karen Murphy
Studio: Warner Independent

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Aside from an occasional chuckle, For Your Consideration is banal and, worst of all, frequently annoying.

Full Review Source: Film and Felt | comment Comment
09/19/09
Gabe Leibowitz
Gabe Leibowitz
Film and Felt

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

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/28/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

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.

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
05/15/09
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The film-within-a-film narrative device falls flat because the inner story is a melodrama with no comic momentum of its own.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/24/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

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

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/25/08
Dan Callahan
Dan Callahan
Slant Magazine

The problem with FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION is that it breaks the cardinal rule of comedy: it just isn't funny.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/14/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
N/R

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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/12/07
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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I would rather stay home and watch TV than walk across the street to watch this movie for free.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/11/07
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Guest stretched himself a little thin this time, as For Your Consideration is not quite up to his usual standards.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
02/22/07
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Isn't quite as on-target as [Guest's] previous efforts, but his talented troupe again delivers more giddy laughs than just about any other comedy out there.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
02/22/07
Kevin Lally
Kevin Lally
Film Journal International

For Your Consideration may be a little too insider-ish for viewers unfamiliar with the very real workings of awards hype. However, if you follow such things, there are plenty of knowing laughs to be found.

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02/19/07
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat
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02/18/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Along with his writing partner Levy - the only man who can be upstaged by his own eyebrows - Guest is dealing in cheap shots and broad strokes.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment Comment
02/09/07
Stuart McGurk
Stuart McGurk
thelondonpaper

May be a small jewel but it is certainly better value than half the biggies around just now.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
02/09/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

The best jokes are the true jokes, and truth has not been best served here.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
02/09/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Easily the funniest film I’ve seen this year. DON’T MISS IT.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
02/09/07
Johnny Vaughan
Johnny Vaughan
Sun Online

Would have been much better as a 30-minute TV show, with not enough of a plot for a full film.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
02/09/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
 
 
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