Synopsis
Director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell the story of '60s-era folk musicians, who, inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall.
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Cast
- Bob BalabanJonathan Steinbloom
- Christopher GuestAlan Barrows
- John Michael HigginsTerry Bohner
- Eugene LevyMitch Cohen
- Jane LynchLaurie Bohner
- Michael McKeanJerry Palter
- Catherine O'HaraMickey Crabbe
- Parker PoseySissy Knox
- Harry ShearerMark Shubb
- Fred WillardMike LaFontaine
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
The picture gently caricatures the folk music scene with dozens of delicate brush strokes, creating a picture that's increasingly, gloriously funny -- as in entire lines of dialogue are lost because the audience's laughing so hard. - 90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Achingly funny movie...Guest has cultivated a stock company of players whose work together is so intuitively sharp that it seems to redefine the boundaries of acting. - 90
Los Angeles Times
The jokes would be funny even if they weren't perfectly timed, but what makes them come across as so poignant is the seriousness with which the director and his co-conspirators deliver their jabs and japes. - 90
Slate
Almost to a one, the people Guest casts are virtuosos, and he lets them hit notes they can't hit anywhere else. - 88
Miami Herald
More of a warm breeze than a great gust, but its simple, smart pleasures carry the force of a hurricane. - 88
USA Today
Like the first half of "Best in Show," the movie is so deadpan that sometimes you have to pinch yourself to realize how potently satirical it is. - 80
The A.V. Club
The film's heart and soul belong to O'Hara and to Levy, whose folk-music burnout has the shell-shocked expression of someone who's been to hell and never quite made it back. - 80
Wall Street Journal
I laughed myself silly through most of A Mighty Wind, and was pleasantly surprised when it took a turn toward genuine feeling near the end.
