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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 40 Critics What's this?

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    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.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    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.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    60
    The songs are actually quite good--if also hideously embarrassing--but these comedians take their roles far too seriously, to their peril and our puzzlement.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 43
  3. Negative: 7 out of 43
  1. WesM
    10
    Consistently (if not always uproariously) funny.
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  2. MelL
    9
    Not sure why I'm not giving this thing a '10', other than I believe nothing's perfect. Let me say this: I am no fan of Eugene Levy, and I sorta cringe whenever I see his name on the marquee...BUT.. in this movie, he absolutely OWNS every scene he is in. As someone who originally expected to fast forward the scenes Levy was in, instead I kept rewinding just to watch him. He was in rare form and hilarious in the extreme.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ShawnS
    3
    Surely this is not a cookie cutter movie. It does not recycle mainstream humor—good for it, but the parody is rather formulaic. And it is kind of boring.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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