Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

SnoopyStyle Jay Berman (Christopher Guest) is directing his movie "Home for Purim". Philip Koontz (Bob Balaban) and Lane Iverson (Michael McKean) are the writers. Whitney Taylor Brown (Jennifer Coolidge) is the producer with diaper money. Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara), Victor Allan Miller (Harry Shearer), Callie Webb (Parker Posey), Debbie Gilchrist (Rachael Harris), and Brian Chubb (Christopher Moynihan) are some of the actors. None of them are big stars. Morley Orfkin (Eugene Levy) is a small time agent. A rumor spreads that one of the actors is getting Oscar buzz. Corey Taft (John Michael Higgins) is an incompetent publicist.The great thing about Christopher Guest mockumentaries is that he takes characters from little known worlds and make them stars. The problem with this one is that these Hollywood characters have been done by everybody. The familiar cast of players are unable to get big laughs. It is a valiant effort. This is good for Guest fans but a limited comedy for non fans.

gretz-569-323863 I'm surprised to see some of the reviews here saying this movie was "mean- spirited" (apparently it was making fun of Sally Kirkland, only none of us flyover people got the joke), or that it "missed the mark," and so on. IMHO, "For your Consideration" is one of Christopher Guest's funniest movies.maybe you have to be Jewish to enjoy this film to its fullest. I am fortunate enough to have been raised in that religion, so I thought the whole "Home for Purim" thing was pretty hilarious. Guest isn't an MOT, but co-writer Eugene Levy is, and he's also one of the funniest people in the world. amazing to think that Levy has been a brilliant comic writer and performer for four decades, ever since his days on Canada's SCTV. speaking of SCTV, Catherine O'Hara is also an alum of that show, and she is really outstanding in this. she's funny as always, but she manages to make us care about her character, even as we're cringeing at her facelift and new "hip" wardrobe.the usual gang is back. in addition to the Canadians, there's Parker Posey and Ed Begley Jr. and Michael McKean and Fred Willard. Ricky Gervais and Harry Shearer are also two of the funniest people in the world, and they're in it too.I put this right up at the top of Guest's movies, with "Best in Show." (I don't count "This is Spinal Tap," btw, because Guest didn't direct it, and was only one of four writers.)

nathanschubach The movie was funny at times, but it wasn't written very well. It seemed to rely on the old improvisational skills of the actors to pull it together. There's a lot of timely press jokes that the actors go through (Harry Shearer on a TRL-esquire after-school hip program trying to be cool, and the hilarious scene of Catherine O'Hara revealing a new face-lift on national TV on a late night talk show), which are pretty much the funniest parts of the movie. Jane Lynch and Fred Willard as entertainment news-show hosts was a delight, especially when Fred went on the street to get reactions of failed actors after not getting nominated for an Oscar. And I loved John Michael Higgins' executive character talking about his Choctaw heritage.There wasn't much more to this movie, though. OK, the setting of the movie is non-traditionally based on a Jewish holiday, which gets changed to a more Americanized title. Then the cliché characters of the dying mother and lesbian sister, OK. It just wasn't very remarkable in the end. Again, no real music in the movie, which I have a problem with just to ease out of constant interviews with the actors in Guest's movies. But whatever, it's better than average, and another welcomed try by Christopher Guest at the perfect improv movie, but it's starting to get a little played-out.

disdressed12 having not seen any Christopher Guest movie before this one,i was pleasantly surprised.i found it very clever,witty and sly.i also love the fact that it skewers some of the people in the entertainment and talk show industries.i won't name any manes,but it was bang on it it's depictions of many of those people.the humour in this film is earned honestly its no the bottom of the barrel subtle as a sledgehammer type of comedy.it's more comedic observations.any movie that makes fun of the entertainment industry earns points in my book.after having seen this movie,i look forward to seeing the others in the Christopher Guest catalogue.for me,For your Consideration is an 8/10