Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Everything You Need to Know About the Snyder Cut of. 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. Due to a letter he sent to some Broadway talent, a representative of a production company named Mort Guffman will travel to Blaine to check out the show. All three of the “mockumentaries” on which Guest has worked took on fairly easy targets. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. If you saw Best In Show, you ll feel very familiar with the picture of Guffman. Adopting the same mockumentary format that he helped popularize in the hilarious This Is Spinal Tap (but whose language is still a bit confusing), Guest creates another film that fans of deadpan humor will find extremely funny and also surprisingly touching in the end as well. However, I will probably warm up to it more during subsequent screenings, and I still thought the film was quite entertaining and amusing. For the climax of this celebration, the burg will stage a musical theater presentation of its history. |, May 14, 2004 Tweet. It happened on a Sunday and, and every Sunday, about the time I was taken on board that ship, I find I have no feelings in my buttocks. While it clearly wasn’t a cruel depiction of its participants, they felt less well-rounded and endearing than I expected. 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. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style. The production numbers displayed nice stereo imaging and they also received decent bolstering from the surrounds. We want to hear from you! Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. However, I don’t want all of my comments to make it sound as though I didn’t like Guffman. The Dolby Surround 2.0 soundtrack of Waiting For Guffman offered similarly limited charms. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. My only reservations occurred because I didn’t think it lived up to the heights of Spinal Tap or Best In Show. After my first viewing of Waiting For Guffman, I must admit I didn’t like the movie as much as I anticipated I would. |, September 25, 2007 and the Terms and Policies, All Critics (55) That was probably the film's biggest problem, since I can't really complain about much else when it comes to this film. Since the movie climaxed with a musical performance, most of the tunes emanated from it. For example, we saw another audition piece performed by Libby, and there were a couple of different “epilogue” sequences for some of the characters. He’s an amusing role, but Guest made him a bit too catty, and the choice to play him as gay pushed matters a little further in the negative way. | Rating: 3/4 As the rehearsals progress, Corky receives stunning news. That film was a-laugh-a-minute type. I thought the lines could be a little stiff at times, but they always were easily intelligible and they lacked any edginess. | Rating: 8/10 It doesn’t require much to spoof the worlds of heavy metal rock, dog shows, or small town theater productions; all three inherently parody themselves to a certain degree. Waiting For Guffman appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. Both worked toward a climactic ending, but Guffman wasn’t as centered along the way. |, June 10, 2007 We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. At that time, things opened up quite nicely, mainly due to musical elements. Corky has to actively convince the last two to take part in the performance. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Rudy Giuliani Will Definitely Regret Filming 'Borat' Sequel Interview, Dolly Parton Made Stephen Colbert Cry With an Old Folk Song on ‘The Late Show’. Waiting for Guffman. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. As such, I’d expect that the comfort level was higher during BIS, which made it flow more effortlessly and smoothly. While Wooley makes sense for the role of Our Town style narrator, Corky’s interest in Johnny seems to be more than professional, though no one appears to suspect any gay tendencies in him; after all, Corky has a wife, albeit one none of the townsfolk have ever met or seen. Personally, I found Best in Show to be absolutely fantastic, and I may have even underrated it here, and I'd say this was just a step below that. Corky himself was especially hard to embrace, as he seemed like a neurotic, self-absorbed megalomaniac for the most part. Waiting For Guffman appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. I also felt that Guffman was a less focused project than BIS. Some wider shots looked slightly soft at times, but they usually stayed reasonably crisp. Some of the comedy does fall flat, but, at least 75% of it works, especially David Cross' cameo was particularly hilarious. Coming Soon. While the overall soundfield seemed to be exceedingly modest, these parts of it kept it from being a totally bland affair. |, January 26, 2006 Waiting For Guffman Roger Ebert February 21, 1997. Frequently funny -- sometimes very funny indeed. It's really hard avoiding comparisons between this film and Best in Show since it does feature the same cast (though Best in Show had a few additions), the same crew and the same comedic style. With a very reasonable list price of only $19.98, Waiting For Guffman is a steal, and it would make a cheap and positive addition to your DVD library. The Best In Show track was quite spotty, and unfortunately, this one didn’t improve upon that model.