Best in Show (2000)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 110
Fresh: 104 | Rotten: 6
Though not as good as Waiting for Guffman, the movie's lively cast and hilarious script have the critics laughing. Fred Willard, in particular, steals the show.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 1
Though not as good as Waiting for Guffman, the movie's lively cast and hilarious script have the critics laughing. Fred Willard, in particular, steals the show.
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After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training. A television crew is on hand to document the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, and competition is fierce among the canine devotees vying for top honors. Salesman Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy), who is cursed with two left
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Eugene Levy
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Catherine O'Hara
Cookie Fleck -
Christopher Guest
Harlan Pepper -
John Michael Higgins
Scott Donlon -
Michael McKean
Stefan Vanderhoof -
Michael Hitchcock
Hamilton Swan -
Parker Posey
Meg Swan -
Jennifer Coolidge
Sherri Ann Cabot -
Jane Lynch
Christy Cummings -
Fred Willard
Buck Laughlin -
Bob Balaban
Dr. Theodore W. Milbank... -
Patrick Cranshaw
Sherri's Husband -
Don Lake
Pageant manager -
Ed Begley Jr
Hotel manager -
Larry Miller
Cookie's former boyfrie... -
Lewis Arquette
Fern City Show Spectato... -
Will Sasso
Fishin' Hole Guy -
Carrie Aizley
Fern City Show Spectato... -
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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (6) | DVD (16)
...it's always a pleasure to watch this ensemble of gifted talents do what they do best -- be spontaneous and funny and surprising. What we get is a master-class demonstration of the distinction between comic actors and comedians who try to act.
Top CriticIt's still a pretty good comedy -- but no more and no less.
The first 45 minutes are amusing enough, but the movie ascends to another level with the second-half introduction of Fred Willard as commentator Buck Laughlin.
Give Best in Show the Blu-ray ribbon for improved A/V quality. Otherwise, Warner Home Video supplies exactly the same package as previously.
Hilarious and offbeat, but humor is pretty grownup.
The real pedigree doesn't even arrive until halfway through. Fred Willard's unforgettable dim-bulb commentator takes aim at TV's injection of "sports drama" into competitions where, quite simply, there is none. (Here's looking at you, Joe Garagiola.)
This fringe milieu is inhabited with all sorts of eccentric characters to wring laughs from.
Guest e sua trupe sempre conseguem divertir com seus mockumentaries, mas este longa, ainda que pontualmente brilhante, encontra-se entre os mais frágeis da filmografia atípica do cineasta.
The movie gets its laughs by letting its people talk and reveal themselves unconsciously.
Kudos to Guest and friends for a funny and insightful film.
One of the most creative, original, entertaining comedies of 2000.
Audience Reviews for Best in Show
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Cons
Lacking acting
Lacking some plot
Pros
Really let you see what it like to be in a dog show.
Really good dogs.
Funny at times.
Super Reviewer
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- Meg Swan: We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other.
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