For Your Consideration

Film Description

Arch satirist Christopher Guest brings more mirth to the screen, providing an inimitable take on the film industry. The plot follows the cast and crew of Home for Purim which stars an ageing actress at the end of her career, Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara); an actor best known for starring in a hotdog ad, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer); and young Callie Webb (Parker Posey) who is trying to put her Vagina Monologues-esque past behind her. This motley bunch get along just fine until an Oscar buzz starts to build around the picture, leading to a fierce explosion of wildly different ideas and ambitions. Guest's usual deadpan wit, carefully crafted satire, and close attention to detail are all lovingly rendered, and his loyal troupe of performers - as well a sprinkling of new faces - delivers the material with habitual ease. In an era when most Hollywood comedy sticks to a strict, well-trodden formula, it's satisfying to find someone like Guest ploughing a lonely furrow against the grain.

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• Contemporary Film / Comedy
• Comedy