Waiting for Guffman

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Waiting for Guffman is a mockumentary about a small town putting on a production in hopes of making it to Broadway. This new acting trope is led by rather eccentric Corky St. Clair(Christopher Guest), and consists of two travel agents(who have never left town), A Dairy Queen employee, a rather geeky dentist with a lazy eye, and so much more. The movie follows these cast of players with the support of the town, as they put on a production called, "Red, White, and Blaine"(Blaine being the town they live in). What is best about this movie is that the only scripted scenes were that of the actual play. Everything else is completely ad-libbed which makes this movie genuine and just downright funny. Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, in my opinion, are purely brilliant. The plot works, the characters are so offbeat and hysterical that I can still recall almost every single line they said. All in all, Waiting for Guffman is perhaps one of, if not the, funniest movie I have ever seen. 9/10.

I will have to watch this one again, having been inspired by Guest's most recent (and superior, in my opinion) film, "Best in Show." The two films are similar in their documentary-style filming and their great ability to showcase many interesting characters quickly. This film is well acted and very clever, about a small town that's putting on a play and they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a supposedly famous director, Guest, to take charge. However, the first part of the film wore on too long and was a bit slow for my taste, although I am such a big fan of Guest's. This was more than compensated for with the big finish: the play itself. The very concept of a flaming gay man standing in for the hunky, macho lead in the show had me falling over with laughter. I will never forget Guest's line delivered so effeminately, "Everybody dance!" No doubt those of you who have seen it will remember it as well.

just a short remark to say that some of these other user comments are as hilarious as the movie itself. In this year and age some people still don´t get the joke, funny, eh?? I just watched "Best in Show" and it´s up there with Guffman and "Lick My Love pump".

I loved, loved, loved this movie. I come from a very small town in Oklahoma in which I was a part of a Centennial Celebration that would have made Corky St. Clair proud. Sad but true. Blaine has their step stools and we had the oil boom. An actual line from our play: "It's so hot the fish are fryin' in the lake." Ahhh...pure genius. Anyway...this movie is very funny and I've recommended it to many friends who have agreed. Long-live small town theater!

Someone highly recommended this film to me. It was only a waste of money and time. The only thing that was funny, was the fact that they were such lousy actors and thought that they would qualify for Broadway. Otherwise, it was slow and none of the jokes were even close to humorous! I've seen worse, but would not recommend this to anybody. It's just plain DULL!

an entertaining spoonful for heroes. Like fishing in the sea you turn up with something after the day is done. A few smiles and chuckles will follow you through this one. Ad-libb-ly and grabbing at a bowl to make yourself useful. A clean fight the whole way, no shots fired and clean fun for the kids. Jumping rope, hopscotch and calling someone your best friend fills the warm belly of this one. It can stall and fall at times but the whole train arrives at some point and the end closes with some fast smart jokes that pull the uncle out of you. Watch it at night with a glass of Scotch and the lights turned down low, clean slippers on your feet and relax.

This is not your usual comic fare. It doesn't really poke fun at anything in particular, yet it manages to convey hilarity through "there's something you don't hear or see everyday" type of humor. My God, why is it so bloody funny? Just thinking about it makes me chuckle. The strange dialogue and way of presenting it in this film is quite amusing. The film is also uplifting and sweet-hearted. I loved it! The final performance is going to leave you in stitches! 10/10

This movie is very funny. Epecially since I was in theater(tech) so I know what it is like. The characters are funny and Bill Murray's brother makes a funny camero appearence. If you said you hated this movie then you should check your pulse to make sure if you are alive.

...and I say this without exaggeration. Like classics such as *Bringing Up Baby,* *This is Spinal Tap,* and *The Naked Gun,* you get more out of this film each time you watch it. Watch it a second time and you catch little background scenes that are as hysterical as the out-and-out incompetence of the smalltown celebrities. Christopher Guest does a fantastic job of giving us characters who are funny not because of their zany antics but because they are so familiar and likeable. I don't think I've ever laughed harder in my life than during the "Nothing Ever Happens on Mars" song number.