It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Two faded show business veterans are cast in a low-budget film called "Home For Purim", later retitled "Home For Thanksgiving"; once awards season rolls around, an online comment praising character actress Marilyn Hack's performance as Oscar-worthy starts a buzz in Hollywood that several actors in the cast might also be nominated. Director/co-writer/co-star Christopher Guest and his deadpan comedic troupe have had hit-and-miss success over the years, but this satirical skewering of show business mainly consists of easy targets (some of them uneasily rendered). Eugene Levy, who collaborated with Guest on the script, is one of the funniest actors here, and yet his own role as Harry Shearer's agent nearly gets lost in the shuffle. Catherine O'Hara is a hoot as Hack, Fred Willard and Jane Lynch are great fun as clueless hosts of an "Entertainment Tonight"-like TV program, but the plot (as such) doesn't build any momentum, leading to an extended, excruciating finale. ** from ****

I'm surprised to see some of the reviews here saying this movie was "mean- spirited" (apparently it was making fun of Sally Kirkland, only none of us flyover people got the joke), or that it "missed the mark," and so on. IMHO, "For your Consideration" is one of Christopher Guest's funniest movies.maybe you have to be Jewish to enjoy this film to its fullest. I am fortunate enough to have been raised in that religion, so I thought the whole "Home for Purim" thing was pretty hilarious. Guest isn't an MOT, but co-writer Eugene Levy is, and he's also one of the funniest people in the world. amazing to think that Levy has been a brilliant comic writer and performer for four decades, ever since his days on Canada's SCTV. speaking of SCTV, Catherine O'Hara is also an alum of that show, and she is really outstanding in this. she's funny as always, but she manages to make us care about her character, even as we're cringeing at her facelift and new "hip" wardrobe.the usual gang is back. in addition to the Canadians, there's Parker Posey and Ed Begley Jr. and Michael McKean and Fred Willard. Ricky Gervais and Harry Shearer are also two of the funniest people in the world, and they're in it too.I put this right up at the top of Guest's movies, with "Best in Show." (I don't count "This is Spinal Tap," btw, because Guest didn't direct it, and was only one of four writers.)

The movie was funny at times, but it wasn't written very well. It seemed to rely on the old improvisational skills of the actors to pull it together. There's a lot of timely press jokes that the actors go through (Harry Shearer on a TRL-esquire after-school hip program trying to be cool, and the hilarious scene of Catherine O'Hara revealing a new face-lift on national TV on a late night talk show), which are pretty much the funniest parts of the movie. Jane Lynch and Fred Willard as entertainment news-show hosts was a delight, especially when Fred went on the street to get reactions of failed actors after not getting nominated for an Oscar. And I loved John Michael Higgins' executive character talking about his Choctaw heritage.There wasn't much more to this movie, though. OK, the setting of the movie is non-traditionally based on a Jewish holiday, which gets changed to a more Americanized title. Then the cliché characters of the dying mother and lesbian sister, OK. It just wasn't very remarkable in the end. Again, no real music in the movie, which I have a problem with just to ease out of constant interviews with the actors in Guest's movies. But whatever, it's better than average, and another welcomed try by Christopher Guest at the perfect improv movie, but it's starting to get a little played-out.

This movie has the usual Guest-company virtues: the deep sense of ensemble, the absurdism embedded in genuine nuanced characterization, the flighty unpredictability. But the usual complaint - that things don't quite feel satisfying or resolved when the lights come up - is almost fatal here. I got the distinct feeling that as Guest strove to shoehorn in all his pals and highlight all the good bits, he lost the main thread. At first there's just a bit of discomfort with the overplayed and hyperextended what's-the-internet oldster naivete, and a vague sense of not-quite-clicking about the film within a film; but then suddenly "Home For Purim" has morphed into "Home For Thanksgiving" and it's like we dropped a reel even though I'm watching on DVD. Half the characters completely disappear (including Guest's overly familiar effete director), we never get so much as a line of dialogue from Home For Thanksgiving, and Catherine O'Hara's actress undergoes a reversal that is allowed no transition whatsoever - in one scene she's Martha Graham, in the next she's Joan Van Ark. This is highly dispiriting; it's like someone gave up. I hope they find a way to keep working together that gives things a boost, because this misses the mark.