I rented this, the directorial debut of Christopher Guest (aka: Corky St. Clair, Harlan Pepper, the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, Mr. Jamie Lee Curtis), given my love for his later works Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman. Simply put, this shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath with them. It's got an appealing and interesting cast - but the film's not all that inventive, funny or remotely interesting (ok, maybe the few moments with a scantily clad, big-haired Teri Hatcher; but if that's what you are looking for, the vastly underrated Soapdish is a better movie by leaps and bounds - though really Hatcher's not in either of those films very much).
I don't recommend it.
Posted by armand at July 24, 2006 03:08 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesYou forgot "Nigel Tufnel."
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[Nigel is playing a soft piece on the piano]
Marty DiBergi: It's very pretty.
Nigel Tufnel: Yeah, I've been fooling around with it for a few months.
Marty DiBergi: It's a bit of a departure from what you normally play.
Nigel Tufnel: It's part of a trilogy, a musical trilogy I'm working on in D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why.
Marty DiBergi: It's very nice.
Nigel Tufnel: You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of...
Marty DiBergi: What do you call this?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump".