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
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 4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Frequently funny -- sometimes very funny indeed. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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B+ |
Raucous, outrageously funny, and filled with many zany scenes. Full Review |
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One of the funniest movies ever made, 'Waiting for Guffman' spoofs everything from documentaries and talent shows to local politics and alien abductions. Full Review |
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A |
A madcap gem. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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A- |
A sly, gleeful and subtle comedy that pokes fun at American musicals, amateur theatricals, and the culture of celebrity-the universal wish to be famous--set in the small, provincial town of Blaine about to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Full Review |
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The comedy has the slow burn of a richly nuanced and non-judgmental character study. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It's Corky's movie. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Where This Is Spinal Tap took rock music and the media as its focus - fat, juicy targets just asking to be lampooned - Guest's target here is small-town provincials. Full Review |
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84/100 |
It keeps you laughing from beginning to end. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Everyone will think it's funny; people who've actually done community theatre will laugh themselves into a coma.
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