A Mighty Wind

[Remo D]

Finally got to see this one after looking forward to it for a long time...

...okay, it's not quite as consistently hilarious as BEST IN SHOW, but it's good enough, with plenty of laughs.

Eugene Levy is just... weird.

Fred Willard will again make you cringe (in the best way).

Bob Balaban will make you want to slap him (good payoff).

And the P.R. lady (the one who looks like an overweight Karen Black) is... terrifying.

Of course, there's much, much more... but why try to encapsulate an improvised film about folk singers? Just go have fun.

[Latte Thunder]

How about the Folkmen? Shades of Spinal Tap?

I've been wanting to see this one since I first heard about it, but I don't think it's playing anywhere near me.

[Remo D]

The Folksmen are quite funny--again, it's low-key, and I didn't actually think of SPINAL TAP once while watching them (this is a buildup to a tribute concert, not a "making the band" documentary). Heck, the distribution on this movie is so poor that when "The Folksmen" did a guest shot on MAD TV, I had no idea who they were, why they were on the show, or that they had anything to do with a current Christopher Guest movie (even though one of them WAS Christopher Guest).

They were the "straight men" of the bunch compared to the other two acts--but of course, they were quite funny anyway (and they get the final gag, which I won't spoil).