everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Brilliant and touching

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

I'm surprised to see some of the reviews here saying this movie was "mean- spirited" (apparently it was making fun of Sally Kirkland, only none of us flyover people got the joke), or that it "missed the mark," and so on. IMHO, "For your Consideration" is one of Christopher Guest's funniest movies.maybe you have to be Jewish to enjoy this film to its fullest. I am fortunate enough to have been raised in that religion, so I thought the whole "Home for Purim" thing was pretty hilarious. Guest isn't an MOT, but co-writer Eugene Levy is, and he's also one of the funniest people in the world. amazing to think that Levy has been a brilliant comic writer and performer for four decades, ever since his days on Canada's SCTV. speaking of SCTV, Catherine O'Hara is also an alum of that show, and she is really outstanding in this. she's funny as always, but she manages to make us care about her character, even as we're cringeing at her facelift and new "hip" wardrobe.the usual gang is back. in addition to the Canadians, there's Parker Posey and Ed Begley Jr. and Michael McKean and Fred Willard. Ricky Gervais and Harry Shearer are also two of the funniest people in the world, and they're in it too.I put this right up at the top of Guest's movies, with "Best in Show." (I don't count "This is Spinal Tap," btw, because Guest didn't direct it, and was only one of four writers.)

In trying to get at the heart of why this film is merely good, not hilarious, I think that an over-reliance on improvisation is at fault. In a mockumentary, such rough moments can be 'disguised' as byproducts of the faux reality, whereas in a straight film like this they cannot. A good example is provided by John Michael Higgins as Corey Taft, the stolid agent for Marilyn Hack. While he's got a few good scenes, too many of his obnoxious to the core character simply is stuff seen done better before. And he suffers in contrast to Levy's character, Morley Orfkin, agent to Victor Allen Miller. The same goes for Ed Begley Jr.'s tired and routine gay makeup man character, Sandy Lane. Also, some of the same old tired in-jokes and stereotypes about Hollywood abound. If only two or three were used, rather than fifteen or twenty, the film would have been better off, and the balance would have aided the true pathos of the film. In that sense, this film was a bit lesser version of David Mamet's State And Main crossed with Robert Altman's The Player.Yet, despite all that, this film is, in truth, a good adult comedy, and given that they are so rare, its flaws are minor in comparison to its good points. Compare it to the latest black or teen exploitation comedy and you'll agree. For Your Consideration may not, itself, be worthy of consideration for an Academy Award, but it may stand out as a critical film in the continued evolution of one of American film's most original and funny filmic auteurs. La chaim!

"For Your Consideration", co-written and directed by Christopher Guest, is a funny piece of cinema, not in the same category of some of this creator's best work. Eugene Levy is the other screen writer, a frequent collaborator with Mr. Guest.The mere idea of having "Home for Purim" in the running with other, much better films, is preposterous at best. We are taken to the making of this picture and the behind scenes that go on in a lot of projects. The director, who loves to eat, has no clue about what he if actually filming. The inside intrigues behind cameras conspire to bring its making to the attention of the entertainment media that thrive in bringing the hype to the general public who love to read about it.The best thing in the film is Marilyn Hack, a character actress who has seen better days. At first, she can't understand the luck in being singled out for emoting and eating the scenery. She is equally matched by Callie Webb, a younger woman with roots in Off-Off-Broadway performance acts, which we get a glimpse of it at the end. The leading man is a man that has distinguished himself for the silly commercials he has made.Most of the material seem to be an inside joke. Some of the stuff is readily grasped, but other gags could be elusive for people not in the biz. Catherine O'Hara shines as Marilyn, a woman of a certain age that is transformed by the buzz the media has generated. At the end, she is a pathetic acting coach showing the ravages of the cosmetic changes she has gone through in order to be on the limelight.Parker Posey is also effective as Callie. Eugene Levy is funny as the worst agent anyone can have. Christopher Guest appears as the director. Ed Begley Jr. is seen as a gay makeup artist. Harry Shearer enjoys for the first time being in the spotlight after a mediocre career. Jennifer Coolidge shows up as the producer of the ill conceived film. Ricky Gervais has a small part as the head of the Sunfish studio who wants to tone down the Jewishness aspect of the initial film. Fred Willard is hilarious as the TV commentator with a reddish Mohawk.Most of the cast has appeared in other Christopher Guest movies. They all contribute to work as a team. Even if the film is not to the standards of the previous work, it's impossible not to enjoy the shenanigans of the behind the camera by the ensemble players.

I enjoyed this film very much...so let me get that out of the way at the outset of this comment. I thought the subject matter was great, the cast as usual was phenomenal and the direction was first rate. The problem I have with this is that it seemed very disjointed and uneven. The ending struck me as too abrupt and with little of the joy felt at the ends of the other films by this ensemble. I think that, for me, it was the trying to give everyone in the cast a meaningful part that kills the film. Many of the actors are veterans of Saturday Night Live, and it is with that history in mind that I make this observation. In the first 5 years of that show, with its original cast, whenever a sketch was written that called for the entire cast of players to be involved, it was referred to as a "garbage pail" sketch...which meant that it was an easy way to include the less used actors along with the most popular of the troupe. In those sketches, however, many of the roles were merely walk on parts or those that had a minimum of lines. Sure, they were still in the scenes, but the parts lacked finesse or subtlety and generally involved the actors playing stereotypical caricatures, such as secretaries or doormen or the like. "For Your Consideration" reminds me of just such a sketch...an hour and a half "garbage pail" sketch. Like a snowball, over the years this repertory company's ranks have swelled in numbers. Unfortunately, it seems that there are just too many in the cast now to utilize them all effectively. They are trying to pull it off...in this movie, everyone has something to do, but many of the characters lack depth or story. It also doesn't help that while the repeating cast members in these films have expanded in numbers, the movies running times haven't expanded in length. Perhaps given an extra half hour or 45 minutes to the running time would serve to flesh out some of these only partially realized characters. If nothing else it additional time would at least give us more of a story to ponder. As I said before, this film in particular seemed incomplete by the end. I saw the conclusion from a mile away though...much like an old Twilight Zone episode where you just KNEW that it would be some odd, ironic twist in the conclusion. Yes, that was much of the charm of "For Your Consideration," knowing that there was going to be a fall for some if not most of the characters, but the transition to the revelations were clunky and only semi-cohesive.I love Christopher Guest! I think his all of his ensemble cast's...especially Eugene Levi, are true treasures to not only the world of film, but to comedy as a genre! I found this movie to be no exception to my opinion of his and everyone's collective efforts. I just feel that this movie in particular is lacking in many of the qualities that have made his other films nearly masterworks.