Synopsis
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
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Cast
- Bob BalabanDr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
- Jennifer CoolidgeSherri Ann Cabot
- Christopher GuestHarlan Pepper
- John Michael HigginsScott Donlan
- Michael HitchcockHamilton Swan
- Eugene LevyGerry Fleck
- Jane LynchChristy Cummings
- Michael McKeanStefan Vanderhoof
- Catherine O'HaraCookie Fleck
- Parker PoseyMeg Swan
Recommendations
- 100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
No one does this genre better than actor-writer-director Christopher Guest. - 90
Rolling Stone
Waggish fun like this is too good to miss. - 90
Variety
A barkingly funny new "mockumentary" that does for those canine pageants what the helmer's 1996 "Waiting for Guffman" did for smalltown theatrics. - 90
The New York Times
This comic jigsaw puzzle is crammed with deliriously funny little bits. - 88
USA Today
This giggle does for dog shows what Rob Reiner's "This Is Spinal Tap" (in which Guest plays Nigel Tufnel) did for heavy metal. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Wickedly funny. - 88
New York Post
I was laughing so hard, tears were streaming down my cheeks. - 75
New York Daily News
When it's funny, Best is hilarious.
