Best in Show (2000)
Best in Show is a Christopher Guest film. It stars a bunch of the regulars from his movies. A lot of the dialogue is improvisational as is the case with most of his movies. Guest also stars in this film as Arlon Pepper. It is amazing he can do a Southern accent so well considering he is an Englishman of noble decent.
This movie definitely made me laugh. Several of the actors are a bit more famous these days than they were when this flick came ou. The characters were awesome. There wasn’t much to it other than laughing at people who are way into there dogs. There are people out there just like that which adds a realness that makes the movie more laughable. The movie wasn’t deep and didn’t really say anything. It was just a lot of funny improvisation. The rich lady married to the terminal and her handler were really excellent and my favorite characters.
“I’m just going to stay out here until I get another message from myself.”
6/10
Average Rating: 6/10 (2 ratings)
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Guest directed or wrote several fake documentary(mockumentary)style films. However I think we can call this one a dogumentary.
Here are characters- country boy Harry Pepper(Christopher Guest) with his bloodhound, Gerry & Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy & Catherine O’Hara) with their terrior, yuppies Hamilton & Meg Swan (Michael Hitchcock & Parker Posey), gay dog groomers Scott Dolan & Stefan Vanderhoof (John Michael Higgins & Michael McKean), millionare Sheri Ann Ward Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) and her trainer Christy Cummings(Jane Lynch).
Really enjoyed Stifler’s Mom in this movie. Leslie Ward Cabot(Patrick Cranshaw)sitting all dressed up in a wheelchair while she talked about their dog really made me laugh. The rich old guy, the younger wife and her lesbian dog trainer really made a funny trio.
“It worked for my family… you know, until my mom committed suicide in ’81″
The movie made me laugh, but it’s not what I’d call a great movie. Maybe it’s the style, but I agree 06/10 from me.