For Your Consideration
Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | Release Date: November 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
For Your Consideration is, except for "Borat," the funniest film of the year. Or, it's the funniest film that you don't have to watch through parted fingers. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Each and every character in Christopher Guest's latest hilarious cultural corrective is something inspiring to behold. Read full review
91
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Emily Dickinson wrote, "Hope is the thing with feathers." When Woody Allen published his second collection, he called it Without Feathers. Guest is as sharp and original as Allen, but he hasn't lost hope. For Your Consideration -- disillusioned but also fresh and ticklish -- is a thing with feathers, too. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The outrageously hilarious For Your Consideration was well worth the wait. Again delivered with comic precision by Guest's crack repertory company, his patented brand of parody takes affectionate but deadly aim at its awards buzz mania target and the results aren't just funny, they're face-hurting funny. Read full review
90
Village VoiceNathan Lee
It's as weird and whimsical an invention as Guest's "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," or "A Mighty Wind." Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Catherine O'Hara is comic perfection as Marilyn Hack. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
This is Guest's fourth ensemble parody of showbiz subjects, and though his sketch-comedy style and acting troupe are now familiar, this is his most accomplished movie. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Gooses you even in its barren patches and gets fresher and funnier as it goes along. It builds to a shriekingly funny (and scary) revelation and a dénouement so brilliant it's almost demonic. Read full review
80
VarietyEddie Cockrell
It will garner critical huzzahs from those it lampoons, which will broaden the duo's (Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy) fan base. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
For Your Consideration will not go down as one of Guest's crown jewels, but it's nevertheless engaging. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
True to form, Guest's newest doesn't pull out the long knives. On the gentleness scale, this one's way over here, as opposed to the film of the moment, "Borat," which is way, way over there. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
For Your Consideration isn't quite in a class with Guest's earlier films like "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind," which is not to say it isn't uproariously funny. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Some people may be put off that For Your Consideration lands in a serious place. But I see it as evidence of an expanding vision, of continued artistic growth. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Levy and Guest train a glaring spotlight on the self-absorption, vanity, delusions and histrionics of the movie community, but clearly love them even at their silliest. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
As amusing as it is, the comedy here consists mostly of predictable potshots. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Funny? Yes. Revealing? No. By and large, the movie is content to offer amusing caricatures and leave it at that. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
The movie does have its flashes of genius. "Home for Purim," the movie, is set in the Deep South, where Yiddish is spoken with a drawl. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
So few filmmakers even know how to make an entertaining trifle these days, and For Your Consideration is that, at least. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Hollywood features can be hellish, but in Guest's view, they're no different from "Waiting For Guffman's" community-theater productions, and that's just an impossible message to swallow. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A rare flub for the usually spot-on director and cast. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Some of us look forward to Guest films the way others pine for installments of Bond or "Star Trek." This skewering of Hollywood will entertain we "Guesties," but it's not at the top of his roster of parodies. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Everyone's entitled to a slump, and this is only the first blah film in five for Guest. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
There are no belly laughs here, only rueful chortles about the confederacy of chuckleheads that calls itself the entertainment industry. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
But as rich a comic turf as the huge egos and even bigger neuroses of Hollywood types would seem, For Your Consideration always seems a bit too tame for its own good: It never busts out the way you hope it would. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Doesn't risk ruffling any feathers, and that's exactly what's wrong with it: It's less a satirical bite at the hand that feeds Guest than it is a toothless nibble, and it isn't particularly funny. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This has its moments, but don't expect many fresh insights. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
For Your Consideration feels weirdly meek and mild, an unmighty wind that quickly blows itself out. Read full review
60
EmpireAngie Errigo
We expect oddball wit of a higher calibre from Guest and co., although their inherent, zany likeability means plenty of laughs. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Things take a nasty turn in the film's bilious third act, suggesting that Guest's deepest gift -- his expansive humanism -- stops at the studio gates. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The target is way too easy and the tone far too smug. This time, they're shooting fish in a barrel with a bazooka and congratulating themselves on their marksmanship. Read full review
50
PremiereEthan Alter
From the beginning, something doesn't feel quite right about their latest romp. The characters are sketchier, the situations more contrived and the laughs are fewer and far between. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Ms. O'Hara, like almost everyone else, falls victim to a prevailing tone that's short on wit and long on self-congratulation.
30
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
The real problem with For Your Consideration is that it's just not funny. Read full review
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