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02/23/05
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:48
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: This riotously deadpan mockumentary about aspiring community theater performers never stoops to ridicule oft-ridiculous characters.
Runtime: 84 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This mock documentary, set in the fictional town of Blaine, Missouri, chronicles the attempts of its talent-free residents to put on a show celebrating the burg's 150th anniversary. From the fey... [More]
Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Christopher Guest
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Reviews for Waiting for Guffman
It keeps you laughing from beginning to end.
03/16/04
It’s smart, witty, goofy and hugely entertaining.
09/26/02
No review available.
11/18/02
Though the movie is all heart like Corky St. Clair, there's really not too much else there.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
This 1997 comedy may be amusing if you feel a pressing need to feel superior to somebody, but the aim is too broad and scattershot to add up to much beyond an acknowledgment of small-town desperation.
08/12/08
Top CriticAttention is paid not simply to funny characters and punch lines, but to small nudges at human nature.
01/01/00
Top CriticHilariously satirical yet affectionate and upbeat about its rosy-cheeked, anti-hip characters.
10/15/02
Trabalhando em um subgênero que praticamente ajudou a crier (o do pseudocumentário), Guest cria mais um filme que diverte por compreender tão bem seu tema e seus personagens.
12/23/06
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01/01/00
Guest's satire of small-town America and amateur actors has a sly edge, it's not mean, and Guest never strips his characters of their dignity.
06/23/04
Guest has fashioned the film with a great deal of affection. The charm goes a long way toward making the material amusing instead of insulting.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
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07/11/03
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06/17/05
The songs (co-written by Guest and Tapster Harry Shearer) are suitably ridiculous and the deadpan gags come thick, fast and too numerous to mention, all delivered with knuckle-gnawing subtlety by the C-list cast with A-list style.
08/12/08
A madcap gem.
02/27/07
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03/17/04
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09/29/05
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