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For Your Consideration (2006)

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(56%)

Starring:	Eugene Levy \| Catherine O'Hara \| Parker Posey \| Harry Shearer \| Christopher Guest \| Fred Willard \| Jennifer Coolidge
Director:	Christopher Guest
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time:	83 mins
Genres:	Audio Descriptive \| Comedy
Languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	English
Released:	June 04, 2007

Director Christopher Guest reunites his star-packed team from "A Mighty Wind", "Best In Show" and "Waiting For Guffman" for this hilarious, keen-edged comedy set in a town where "Oscar is the backbone of an industry not known for having a backbone."

In "For Your Consideration", buzz of a potential Oscar nomination sends the cast and crew of the low-budget indie film "Home For Purim" into a wide-eyed frenzy. Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer and Parker Posey play "Purim's" lead actors who ride the wave of buzz with odd and oddly touching results. Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgens, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban and Fred Willard round out the cast of Hollywood types more than happy to exploit, bask in and leverage the Oscar hype.

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With its patient, watchful camerawork and unhurried pace, the film has a discreet, low-key elegance that makes a refreshing change from the loud, fast-tempo demands of most other Hollywood comedies

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17 out of 22 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 2.0 stars
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Rehan from , 30th October, 2007

This film must have a been a LOT of fun for the half-familiar faces in it to make - a p*sstake of all Hollywood absurdities, and an enjoyable way of taking off the sillier aspects of a bonkers industry, But what I can't believe is that there are other viewers who thought this subtle; it was about as subtle as a Hummer in a Chelsea backstreet. On the whole, it'd have been most suitable for perhaps two half-hour comedy sketches: certainly not for a full-length film ('movie'), where it overstays its welcome by about 50 mins. And Ricky Gervais needs to stop doing his shtick now: it's getting tiresome.

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6 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
For Your Consideration

mdridley from from Catterick, United Kingdom, 29th December, 2007

Christopher Guest hits the mark again with his trademark brand of improvisational ensemble comedy. This time he tackles the anticipation and buzz surrounding the potentially Oscar nominated film, Home for Purim. He captures envy and the fragility of actors’ egos during the awards season. As with all of his films following Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman, the outstanding cast is what makes the film subtle, delightful, gentle and charming. Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey and in particular John Michael Higgins are all magnificently funny. Ricky Gervais is the latest addition to the gifted cast and is certainly a stand out character; this is easily his finest performance in a feature film to date as he manages to blend in seamlessly with indisputably the greatest comedy ensemble working today.

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