Best in Show (2000)

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Christopher Guest

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Jay Brazeau
Dr. Chuck Nelken

Parker Posey
Meg Swan

Fritz Gordon
Hamilton Swan

Catherine O'Hara
Cookie Fleck

Eugene Levy
Gerry Fleck

Lewis Arquette
Fern City Show Spectator

Bob Balaban
Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

Will Sasso
Fishin' Hole Guy

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Christopher Guest
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Eugene Levy
(written by)

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An average movie

13 years, 9 months ago at May 31 10:52

johanlefourbe

I’m not sure where I have seen this flick maybe I saw it in the movie theater at the time but since it received some very solid reviews, I had some rather high expectations. The point is that , this movie, like all Christoher Guest's mockumentaries, enjoy a rather impressive cult following but, somehow, it didn’t really connect with it. I mean, I can see where they wanted to go with their sati... read more

Best in Show

7 years, 1 month ago at Jan 29 5:12

JxSxPx

Out of all of Christopher Guest’s mockmentary comedies, freewheeling exercises of improvised comedy with some of the best in the business, Best in Show clearly lives up to its title. This particular style of comedy is the one with the greatest degree of difficulty to execute. If you give too much rope to the performers, you can end up with self-indulgent exercises that isolate the audience by vi... read more

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Description: After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training. A television crew is on hand to document the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, and competition is fierce among the canine devotees vying for top honors. In addition to Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Parker Posey, several other veterans of the Waiting for Guffman cast also appear in Best in Show, including Fred Willard, Bob Balaban ... (more)

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