A Mighty Wind Review |
by John Ulmer (Rating: 3.5/5) |
You may remember Christopher Guest from "This is Spinal Tap." You may also
remember him as the six-fingered man in "The Princess Bride." Both were Rob
Reiner films, but with 1996's "Waiting for Guffman," he created his own
post-"Spinal...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Andrew Staker |
Director and co-writer Christopher Guest and co-writer Eugene Levy
take the audience on a folksong magical mystery tour. Done in the
hilarious style of Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman, the ensemble
cast manage to deliver a delicious film seething...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
Christopher Guest's "A Mighty Wind" is unlike any other movie I have seen, or at
least since the last Christopher Guest film. It is his latest mockumentary, and
his subject this time is of 60's folk singers trying to recapture their magic to
an audience....more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B+) |
A MIGHTY WIND (director/writer: Christopher Guest; screenwriter: Eugene Levy;
cinematographer: Arlene Donnelly Nelson; editor: Robert
Leighton; music: C.J. Vanston; cast: Bob Balaban (Jonathan Steinbloom),
Christopher Guest (Alan Barrows), Catherine...more |
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by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4) |
Directed by Christopher Guest. Screenplay by Guest and Eugene Levy.
Starring Bob Balaban, Levy, Catherine O'Hara. Running time: 91 minutes.
Rated PG by the MFCB. Reviewed on May 17th, 2003. more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Jonathan F. Richards |
It's a legitimate question how many more cocktails Chris Guest can pour
from this particular shaker. But for now, the drink still has its zip, and the
party seems far from over. more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
Did you love Best in Show or Waiting for Guffman? If so, then go see
A Mighty Wind, there is nothing I need further to tell you. Directed
by Christopher Guest and written by Guest and Eugene Levy (as much as
a wholly improvised movie is written),...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
Grade:B+
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Warner Bros./Castle Rock
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Written by: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Fred Willard,
Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban,
Parker Posey, Ed...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
Susan Granger's review of "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.)
Writer/director/actor Christopher Guest has devised his own specific
cinematic genre: the mockumentary. With its spontaneous, improvised dialogue,
the mockumentary does have a basic...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+) |
When the legendary folk music promoter Irving Steinbloom passed away his son,
Jonathan (Bob Balaban), decides that he must organize a fitting memorial for the
great man. With only a two week window to stage the show at New York's The Town
Hall, Jonathan...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
The king of the mockumentary world, director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW and
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN), is back to delight us with another of his pseudo-serious
non-documentaries. In A MIGHTY WIND, he's out to skewer the old folk music
world so popular...more |
A Mighty Wind Review |
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
When Irving Steinbloom, a trailblazing folk music producer, passes on his son
Jonathan (Bob Balaban, "Best in Show") sets about gathering his father's most
famous acts, the Folksmen, the Main St. Singers and the long estranged Mitch and
Mickey for a...more |