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Waiting for Guffman (1997) | Top 24% · CriticCrunch

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Waiting for Guffman

Movie1997·84 min

Waiting for Guffman

Directed by Christopher Guest

A comedy music film directed by Christopher Guest.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 24%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.0/10

287 ratings

About Waiting for Guffman

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Comedy-driven (9 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: ambition hubris, music performance, showbiz media, american regional, small town, group found family, outsider misfit, ensemble, competition tournament, fish out of water

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Details

Director: Christopher Guest
Language: English

Cast

Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard

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How Waiting for Guffman Ranks

All movies

Top 24%

1990s movies

Top 23%

Comedy movies

Top 21%

1990s Comedy movies

Top 20%

★Christopher Guest films#1 of 8

Christopher Guest's highest-rated film in our catalog.

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What it's about

competition tournamentfish out of waterambition hubrisoutsider misfitensemblegroup found familymusic performanceshowbiz & mediaamerican regionalsmall town

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

comedy-driven 9/9comedy 9/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful

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