Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Fans of Guest's brand of repertory-company character comedies will find a few reasons to grin. But even the fanatical will have to admit that this one is hardly worth considering.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Nov 2006
rotten:
Individual scenes come across as amusing, but Guest loses comic momentum when he shifts between the shooting of the lachrymose Home for Purim and the segments lampooning entertainment media.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
22 Nov 2006
fresh:
For Your Consideration won't win an Oscar, but it probably will win some adulation from hard-core Guest fans.
– Bill Muller,
Arizona Republic,
24 Nov 2006
fresh:
Guest and his co-writer, Eugene Levy, aren't afraid to chew off the hand that feeds them.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
24 Nov 2006
rotten:
In order to stay ahead as a mocker these days, you must nail your subject for good.