Waiting for Guffman
There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.
There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.
Comedy, Music
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1997
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Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.
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Details
Runtime:
84 min
Release date:
31 Jan 1997
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$2,900,000
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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 beyond an acknowledgment of small-town desperation.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
A madcap gem.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb 2007
rotten:
Where This Is Spinal Tap took rock music and the media as its focus - fat, juicy targets just asking to be lampooned - Guest's target here is small-town provincials.
– Daniel M. Kimmel,
Variety,
14 May 2004
fresh:
A very funny, very unusual ensemble comedy that falls somewhere between slapdash and brilliant, an improvised comedy with more hits than misses.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
fresh:
Priceless.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2001