A Mighty Wind
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings
- Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
- Summary: In the tradition of "This is Spinal Tap," "Waiting for Guffman," and "Best in Show," this mockumentary looks at the world of folk music.
- Director: Christopher Guest
- Genre(s): Comedy, Music
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Positive: 36 out of 40
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Mixed: 4 out of 40
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100The 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.
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100The 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.
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80While the unfortunate epilogue strains the naturalism of what's gone on before and leaves a bit of a sour taste, this semi-improvisational comedy otherwise reaches Balzacian brilliance.
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60The 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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Positive: 34 out of 43
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Mixed: 2 out of 43
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Negative: 7 out of 43
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WesM10Consistently (if not always uproariously) funny.
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ShawnS3Surely this is not a cookie cutter movie. It does not recycle mainstream humor
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