For Your Consideration

2006 • 86 minutes
4.2
39 reviews
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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Debut feature director Jay Berman (Christopher Guest), steers cast and crew through a typically tumultuous independent film Home for Purim, an intimate period drama about a Jewish family's turbulent reunion on the occasion of the dying matriarch's favorite holiday. When Internet-generated rumors begin circulating that three of Purim's stars -- faded luminary Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara), journeyman actor and former hot dog pitchman Victor Allan Miller (Harry Shearer), and ingenue Callie Webb (Parker Posey) -- may be perpetrating Award-worthy performances, a rumble of excitement rattles the cast. Once "Hollywood Now" anchors Chuck Porter (Fred Willard) and Cindy Martin (Jane Lynch) pick up the buzz, Award fever infects the entire production. Unit publicist Corey Taft (John Michael Higgins), talent agent Morley Orfkin (Eugene Levy), and producer Whitney Taylor Brown (Jennifer Coolidge) all smell the sudden potential for a sleeper hit. As does Sunfish Classics President Martin Gibb (Ricky Gervais), who suggests some last-minute changes to the film that he feels will broaden the film's appeal. Meanwhile, Purim's screenwriters, Lane Iverson (Michael McKean) and Philip Koontz (Bob Balaban) grow steadily more horrified as they watch the first film adaptation of their work diverge from their original story. As the hopeful Purim team careens toward the end of production and the upcoming Award season, tenuous relationships and brittle dreams play out in unexpected ways... MPAA Rating: PG-13 (c) 2006 Shangri-La Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved Artwork: (c) 2006 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
Rating
PG-13

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4.2
39 reviews
deborah elliott
May 4, 2020
I love the satire! Christopher Guest loves people with big dreams who aren't quite talented enough to make the big time. We all keep trucking anyway! You have to laugh and keep going. Christopher's characters are not quite clued into reality but I like them. The "porch light is on, but it flickers."
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Seth Messerschmidt
August 27, 2019
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