Best in Show
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Movie Reviews of Best in Show
Movie Review: Satire humor at it's finest.
Summary: 5 Stars
You have to understand a few things about this movie before you watch it. First off, this is not your regular comedy. It's what's known as a mockumentary, a comedy of manners, or an ensemble film. Almost all of this movie is improvised humor. All the actors in this film are extremely talented, they all transform themselves into obsessive dog lovers perfectly. It's the kind of humor seen a lot by the news anchors of "The Daily Show". Serious, collected, and awkward, with the result being one of the most unique and clever films ever made.
Christopher Guest (Director/Screenwriter) is a genius in this sort of comedy. You may have seen, "This Is Spinal Tap", "Waiting For Guffman", or "A Mighty Wind"; all brilliant mockumentaries.
To my surprise, not many people I know like this movie. Some people like it, but they don't think it's hilarious like I do. I've found that it is funnier when you watch it for a second time; you catch a lot more of the jokes, and possibly understand the direction the movie is taking more than the first viewing.
Watch this one with an open mind, and prepare to be blown away by laughter.
Movie Review: A comedy that doesn't insult your intelligence.
Summary: 5 Stars
Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy are masters of subtle humor. Their movies do not have the in-your-face/big puchline type jokes. This is why their movies are generally released to "Art Houses" rather than the Hollywood Colossal-Plex theaters. Best in Show is the latest installment in the "mockumentary" genre created by Guest. Best in Show is more like Waiting for Guffman than This is Spinal Tap. Like Guffman, Best in Show introduces the characters one-by-one during Act I. You learn that each character has his own flaw (or flaws), and each has a quirky history. What I love about the characters in Guest/Levy's films is that great care is gone in to creating them. There are no "throw away" characters. It's obvious that these guys love the roles they created. I loved Spinal Tap and Guffman and this film fits in the genre beautifully. I wouldn't say that this humor is for everyone. This is very much unlike "Ace Ventura" or "Scary Movie." Jokes develop slowly but have big yet subtle pay-offs. I eagerly await the DVD and Guest/Levy's next installment!Movie Review: The comedy underdog that lives up to its name
Summary: 5 Stars
Christopher Guest has pulled together a wonderful improvised masterpiece that takes us behind the scenes at a national dog show. Talk about finding humor in unexpected places! The laughs are not drawn from slapstick but from the human condition: from neuroticism to arrogance, from simplicity to sexuality. Best in Show relies more on words and situations than prat-falls and gross gags. Every character is perfectly cast (without the help of overpaid, big name actors) and the comic timing is right on target. Sometimes, we don't expect to laugh and we're surprised. The documentary style is effective, allowing the audience to concentrate less on visuals and more on the interactions between characters and the witty dialogue. Plus, there are some really beautiful animals in this film that should not be ignored.
This is one of those films you can watch over and over again and still laugh at. It was a small movie in terms of box office, but I predict that it will become a bigger hit with the cable and DVD/video audiences. It's worth a look, if only to escape from over-produced, tired comedies.
Movie Review: Great Human Tricks
Summary: 5 Stars
Run, don't walk, to get BEST IN SHOW. Other than tagging it a mockumentary, in the terminology inspired by this film's creator's earlier work THIS IS SPINAL TAP, or, as others have called it, a dogumentary, it defies categorization. That alone is an extravagance in this era of haute conformity. Essentially, Christopher Guest takes a sharply satirical yet ultimately not unkind look at the human behavior behind the Olympics of the dog show circuit. Christopher Guest must have watched the Westminster Show and has wondered, as I have, about Joe Garagiola (spelling?) as co-anchor. Fred Willard does a wonderful send up. This film features a dream ensemble of characters and actors. The combination of writing and improvisation is seamless. The dogs are treated with respect--there are no gags at their expense. BEST IN SHOW is a pleasant reminder that there are writers and actors out there who work hard in the industry, who are genuinely creative, who don't go for the mega salaries and aren't afraid to try something new.Movie Review: Very Funny
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie Best In Show is a classic in the mockumentary genre. It is the kind of movie that one can see over and over again and still laugh and laugh. Try not to just fall in love with the two gay guys. McKeanen and Higgins were fantastic as the couple. Of course, there played the cliches, but still they did it so wonderfully that one did not necessarily mind that they were not breaking into any new territory.
O'Hara and Levy were just a perfect married couple. She as a woman who is experience in the ways of adult entertaining, and he, a two left footed goof. Ohhh not enough good things to say about them.
The only "downer" character to me was Guest. I just did not particularly find him to be that enjoyable. He was much better in Waiting for Guffman.
The amazing part to me about this movie is the fact that there is essentially no script. Just an outline of how the movie is to go, and the actors and actresses take it from there. How wonderful they do.