2006 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 26 min
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Ed Begley Jr, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge, Rachael Harris
This is my least favorite of all the Christopher Guest & Co. movies. That said, it's not that bad. It's just not as good as his others, so it's a bit disappointing.
In this mock-umentary, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, and Parker Posey star in a movie that generates quite a bit of Oscar buzz for them. It's meant to be a revealing and comical look at the road to Oscar, and of course, the road that fails to reach the Oscar. The performances are good, but overall the movie is lukewarm. You feel bad for them, rather than root for them, especially O'Hara's Marilyn Hack. And Christopher Guest isn't in this movie nearly enough. Not my fave, not by a long shot.
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