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Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bubakar Awards (Brian Owens)Bubakar Awards (Brian Owens)
...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Bubakar Awards (Brian Owens)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
When folk music producer Irving Steinbloom died last year, America mourned, and we were glued to our sets two weeks later when the big reunion tribute show aired on PBN. Now documentarian Christopher Guest takes us behind the memories and shows us what ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
The triumph of A Mighty Wind is that it makes an audience love the sing-along catchiness of folk and still break up at its banalities. This tiny titan of a movie is a perfect melding of form and content. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sonic Cinema (Brian Skutle)Sonic Cinema (Brian Skutle)
Christopher Guest must be stopped. Comedies this smart, hilarious, and memorable aren’t supposed to be coming from a major studio. Talent this creative should be squelched(?) under the weight of corporate executives who care more for the bottom line ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Sonic Cinema (Brian Skutle)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
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. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Karina MontgomeryKarina Montgomery
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), Wind is ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Karina Montgomery
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for HollywoodBitchslap/eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)HollywoodBitchslap/eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Where is the audience? That’s the question I pose in regards to the improv-themed gems that Christopher Guest and his ever-expanding repetoiry company keep digging up for us. Surely they are out there. "Waiting for Guffman" might have started as an ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at HollywoodBitchslap/eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic ReviewseFilmCritic Reviews
I can't put this much more simply: if you (precisely like me) had a ball watching Chris Guest and his improv maniacs traipse through the twin-bill lunacy of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and BEST IN SHOW, I can't imagine any force in the world that would prevent ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A movie that re-creates its object of satire with such pitch-perfect flair that it all but erases the line between derision and love. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Mr. Guest and Mr. Levy's jokes are sometimes so subtle as to seem imperceptible, until you realize that they are everywhere, from the broadest gestures to the tiniest details of dress and décor. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
You'll have to see A Mighty Wind twice: You'll be laughing too hard the first time to hear all the jokes. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
To honor the memory of his late father, a legendary folk music promoter, Jonathan Steinbloom (Bob Balaban) brings together three separate groups of Up!With!People!-type 60's folk singing groups reunite ("...for the first time") at a concert in yon local ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
You don't have to be an aging baby-boomer folkie-manque to laugh yourself silly. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Seeing these superb comic actors again in yet another sharply written satire is enough to make you smile before they even open their mouths. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Viciously creative. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Let’s face it. Christopher Guest is obsessed with obsessive people. In “Waiting for Guffman,” the obsession was small town community theatre. In “Best in Show,” the obsession was dogs and their owners. Now, Guests and Co. take a searing jab at ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Guest holds his Wind characters on a pedestal of reverence. It’s a place these actors have earned. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
To depart from the movie reviews for a moment, I picked up the soundtrack to A Mighty Wind today and find myself compelled to write about its brilliance. Listening to this record just makes me appreciate the film more and more. I don't think anyone, even ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD ConfidentialDVD Confidential
This time around, Guest's story concerns a reunion concert of some of the leading folk music acts, including The Folksmen (basically the Spinal Tap band as a folk group) and Mitch and Mickey (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara). The quirky characters ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at DVD Confidential
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD VerdictDVD Verdict
A Mighty Wind's humor is so subtle and keenly-observed, one's knowledge of and connection to folk music is bound to impact one's enjoyment of the film. Having said that, the comedic talent on display is so prodigious it's worth a peek no matter your ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at DVD Verdict
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
The ever-so-slightly overrated canon of Christopher Guest -- Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show, and now A Mighty Wind -- unfolds multiple variations of the same basic story. His satirical eye focuses on the weird little subcultures that crop up around ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
Only the most naive of Americans could have hoped that the folk song era would stretch on into the 21st century. How unfortunate. During the sixties and, when the protest songs of Tom Lehrer and Pete Seeger and others were added, the seventies, folk ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Houston ChronicleHouston Chronicle
Sure, the small-town thespians of Waiting for Guffman, the dog owners of Best in Show and the aging folkies of A Mighty Wind are funny, but not because they perform. They're simply all-too-human, with comic character flaws separate from showmanship. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Houston Chronicle
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
...a nostalgic look into a more innocent past [and funny, too]. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ultimate Movies! ReviewUltimate Movies! Review
I've come to feel that each new Christopher Guest mockumentary is a gift to me personally, complete with wrapping paper and a ribbon. His sense of humor is so in tune with mine, his format so replete with eccentric possibilities, that it would take a ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Ultimate Movies! Review
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Once again, this is a "mockumentary" about a very diverse but earnest and enthusiastic group of people who share a passion that involves performing in front of an audience. This time, the story is set in the world of aging folk musicians. "PBN" (a ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
While Guest never forgets to laugh, he never forgets to love either, embracing the very subject he is simultaneously throttling. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Where "Waiting for Guffman" (1996) and "Best in Show" (2000) held its characters as subjects of ruthless derision, "Mighty Wind" actually has affection for its cast of zanies. It allows for a little tenderness blended in amidst the outrageous ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
The chemistry among the players, developed over multiple films, is sharper than ever. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
From the comic masterminds behind the noted mockumentaries This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show comes a similarly hilarious effort. A Mighty Wind is tuned just right for a droll satire of the folk music scene. It playfully mocks the ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
There's an extra dimension here, not present in the other comedies. Not only is the material amusing, it's charmingly engaging. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Corliss)Time (Richard Corliss)
The sweetest and funniest of Guest's true-life fake-umentaries. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Time (Richard Corliss)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
It's a fine-grained picture that goes for the sideways laughs rather than the straight-ahead ones. This is sketch comedy as method acting. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Slate (David Edelstein)Slate (David Edelstein)
Almost to a one, the people Guest casts are virtuosos, and he lets them hit notes they can't hit anywhere else. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.57 out of 4 stars for Film Fever Film Fever
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Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
I've seen A Mighty Wind only twice so far. Maybe it is less fresh than "Guffman," more strained than "Best in Show." Who cares? It's still a gift from comedy heaven. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
More of a warm breeze than a great gust, but its simple, smart pleasures carry the force of a hurricane. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
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. ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Folk icon Irving Steinbloom (1920-2003) has passed away, leaving a legacy of musical harmony that has moved generations. To celebrate a life devoted to folk, Steinbloom's doting son, Jonathan (Bob Balaban), arranges a televised tribute concert featuring ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
When legendary folk promoter Irving Steinbloom dies, his son Jonathan (Bob Balaban) decides to put on a concert as a tribute and reunite some of the great 60's folk groups to perform together on stage at New York's Town Hall. He contacts The Folksmen ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at The Movie Chicks
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
A Mighty Wind is officially the third of writer/director Christopher Guest's "mockumentaries." I haven't seen his first one, Waiting for Guffman, but I did see Best in Show, which had a warm, intimate style and take-your-time pacing. I'm guessing Guest, ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Is there any hope for the box office -- aside from Anger Management -- until the summer season begins next month? The answer, my friend, may be blowin' in A Mighty Wind, opening today (Wednesday). Christopher Guest's latest satire about the reunion of a ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
A Mighty Wind is Christopher Guest's third "mockumentary" and the first one that could be considered a tragedy as well as a comedy. At the center of this satiric look at the relics of the '60s folk music scene are two of the most deeply felt performances ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Christopher Guest’s commitment to “mockumentaries” about community events is a curious thing. All three of his semi-improvisational films—Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and now A Mighty Wind—have explored and celebrated the strange ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Christopher Guest and his troupe of improv comedians have somehow hit into the vein of the oddities of American pop culture. They have skewered the place of the community theatre, something that is held on high for the small town, in Waiting for Guffman; ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
For the rest of you, Guestian movies are mockumentaries that usually send up some peculiar topic (community theater, dog shows), star a troupe of the same handful of very talented comedy actors (with a heavy Second City bias), are for the most part ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)
Wind is a mockumentary in the style of Guest's Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, and 1984's seminalThis Is Spinal Tap (which Guest co-wrote and starred in), about the world of folk music. In honor of the late record producer who gave them their starts, ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Popkorn JunkieThe Popkorn Junkie
Christopher Guest is one of the funniest men alive today. If you do not remember him from hilarious and downright brilliant performances in "This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Princess Bride", you might recall the two films he directed, "Waiting for Guffman" ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
It's easy to mock the characters in Christopher Guest's A Mighty Wind, the latest in the writer-director's series of semi-improvised, documentary-style comedies. They're obsessive, deluded losers with no self-awareness, pursuing their particular passions ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Christopher Guest films may count as their own, independent genre. The writer and director of “Waiting For Guffman” (1996), about community theater, and “Best In Show” (2000), the hilarious movie about a dog competition and the animal’s ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Christopher Guest has made a nice niche career for himself by producing a series of mockumentaries including Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, and was a part of the original Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. With A Mighty Wind, he carries on the ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The master of the mockumentary, Christopher Guest, is back with a new serving of his specialty, and once more it's a treat. After serving as one of the over-the-hill rock band in Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap," Guest went on to send up small-town ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
The ever-so-slightly overrated canon of Christopher Guest -- Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show, and now A Mighty Wind -- unfolds multiple variations of the same basic story. His satirical eye focuses on the weird little subcultures that crop up around ...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
...read the complete Mighty Wind movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Mighty Wind, A (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
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