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Consider It Not: Christopher Guest's (A Mighty Wind) new movie, For Your Consideration (PG13), is a film within a film in which the stars of the Jewish drama, Home For Purim, are chugging along on the independent film when one of the stars is alerted to an internet posting that has talk of an Oscar nomination. Catherine O'Hara plays Marilyn Hack, the dying matriarch in the film Purim and she is the one cited by a tv personality as a possible Oscar contender. Once that gets out then other cast members are mentioned as possible nominees. What happens to the film and the actors after Hollywood gets a hold of them is a makeover in which the director's vision and the actors' priorities are lost. The usual Guest players are in the film: Fred Willard, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy, and Jane Lynch who is hysterical as the hostess of an entertainment newsmagazine. The standout, however, is O'Hara and kudos to the makeup department for making her look botoxed after she is Hollywoodized. The film does not have the comedic punch and cleverness of Best In Show and Waiting For Guffman but there are a few laugh-out-loud moments. It's not a terrible film just not Guest at his best.

Bags of popcorn (out of 5): 2.5

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