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Waiting for Guffman
1997
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Positive Reviews
25
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.9
/5
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4.5
When the musical finally goes up, its a veritable triumph of tackiness.
EW
3.8
Attention is paid not simply to funny characters and punch lines, but to small nudges at human nature.
Rogerebert
4.5
The comedy has the slow burn of a richly nuanced and non judgmental character study.
Time Out
2.5
Still, Waiting for Guffman generally feels like an overlong SCTV skit.
3.8
ENSEMBLE EXCELS Guest doesnt let political correctness get in the way of outrageously caricaturing Jews and gays.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.5
But its a pretty funny joke, even if it does wear a bit thin over the movies 84 minutes.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
The songs (co written by Guest and Tapster Harry Shearer) are suitably ridiculous and the deadpan gags come thick, fast and too numerous to mention, a ..
4.4
Comic momentum doesnt refer to nonstop jokes, but to an atmosphere that is always ripe for humor.
ReelViews
3.2
Guest is the best thing in this slight, sometimes strained, but often quite funny film
3.8
Guest has fashioned the film with a great deal of affection. The charm goes a long way toward making the material amusing instead of insulting.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Their characters needed an air of authenticity and credibility that these actors simply lack.
Internet Reviews
4.4
Guests comedic sense of timing combined with the hilarious script had me laughing so hard I thought I would burst.
Internet Reviews
3.5
It is at its funniest skewering small town America in all its cockeyed optimism.
Internet Reviews
5.0
Be sure and stay for the films closing credits, which contain some of the movies funniest moments.
Internet Reviews
4.5
Dont get me wrong: The Big Apple is the capital of the world, and I wouldnt live anywhere else.Maybe its because Ive lived here all my life that I can ..
4.2
A sly, gleeful and subtle comedy that pokes fun at American musicals, amateur theatricals, and the culture of celebrity the universal wish to be famou ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
Clearly, theres no business like show business for this dedicated dramatic artist and, happily, theres no more enjoyable show business for me than vie ..
Reel Talk Reviews
4.5
But its Guests triumph from beginning to end, in this mock documentary crafted with intelligence, wit and its own unflappable style.
4.0
A sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical, amateur theatricals and anything else thats not nailed down.
Calendar Live
3.8
It often equals and sometimes surpasses the deadpan humor of (save the grinding guitars and leather pants, of course).
Spliced Wire
3.1
Waiting for Guffman is worth a little chuckle, but thats about it.
Movie Habit
3.8
You get the feeling everyone had a great time making this movie: improvising lines, thinking up silly bits of business, horsing around and feeling smu ..
Movies Tv Guide
1.5
This 1997 comedy may be amusing if you feel a pressing need to feel superior to somebody, but the aim is too broad and scattershot to add up to much b ..
Chicago Reader
4.5
Though each of the actors generates moments of hilarity, Guests Corky St. Clair is clearly the films most memorable character.
Rochester Goes Out
3.8
Guests satire of small town America and amateur actors has a sly edge, its not mean, and Guest never strips his characters of their dignity.
Courier-Journal (Louisvill ..
4.5
An ode to the hopes and dreams of every performer and a send up of every bad performance around.
Film Scouts
4.4
Hilariously satirical yet affectionate and upbeat about its rosy cheeked, anti hip characters.
Enquirer
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