For Your Consideration...

While walking out of For Your Consideration, my dad said something typical of most Christopher Guest fans' reactions to the film. "It wasn't his best." Okay. I can live with that. But that doesn't say whether we have an enjoyable movie here or not. It could not be his best and be a piece of shit. Or it could not be his best yet still be a worthwhile gem.

My perspective on the matter is that it is a delightful little film. It has enough witty banter and idiosyncratic characters to love. There's a wide variety of characters, yet none of them are too overblown. They're given their space and their time to be funny. If anything, the film gives them too much space and leaves more to be desired. But that's not necessarily true. A movie like this can only be made exactly as it was, and therefore can only be enjoyed to the exact extent that it is. It's not a non-stop laugh-o-coaster. It has a dry, dead air kind of humor. It's no classic, but definitely worth a viewing. Fans of Guest's work will be very much pleased. People who enjoy little jokes about the film industry will be pleased. Many people will find it hard to sit through. I witnessed some walkouts. But all in all, it's one of the more enjoyable films in theaters at the moment and worth your time if you'll give it.

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