For Your Consideration (2006)reviewed by Benn "Where's the Humanity?" Farrell
In “For Your Consideration,” two veteran actors, played by Harry Shearer and Catherine O’Hara (A Mighty Wind) and a never-will-be, played by Parker Posey (The Oh in Ohio), learn their respective performances in the tiny-budgeted film “Home for Purim,” a cheese drama set in the mid-1940’s American south. As talk of the film gains momentum, so does the actors’ motivations and attitudes towards their art. The cast in this picture, as usual for Guest films, was great. Guest stood out among them as the director of ‘Purim,’ while Catherine O’Hara was a true work-of-art. Her character had SO much going on. ‘Consideration’ wasn’t as laugh out loud funny as Guest’s mocumentaries, but it was still very amusing. It’s an interesting little picture about what happens when Hollywood actors act for a trophy instead of their art, and how self destructive they become when they believe their own hype. Although the picture wasn’t what I expected, judging by the trailers, there’s nothing wrong with it except maybe the final shot and speech, made by O’Hara. It may have been a little too vague and abrupt. The picture is good, but I’d wait to see it on DVD. Or, if you can’t wait six months, I’d at least save the money with a matinee screening. Benn - Where's the Humanity?
Christopher Guest returns to directed narratives with this movie, but it’s still not as funny as his mocumentaries.