| | | Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Fred Willard) and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine O'Hara) winner at the American Comedy Awards.
Features: DVD
Si-i-i-t. Sta-a-a-a-a-y. Laugh! Best In Show is "the year's funniest movie." (Lou Lumenick, New York Post). Waiting For Guffman's Christopher Guest directs and many of the film's stars (including Fred Willard as a loopy commentator) reunite for this zany look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Join the fun as Mayflower Kennel Club competitors -- a fly-fishing shop owner from Pine Nut, NC (Guest), Shih-Tzu-doting partners (Michael McKean and Jon Michael Higgins), squabbling yuppies (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock), a dim-bulb trophy wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and her ace handler (Jane Lynch) and a married couple (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) who dream up ditties about terriers -- vie for the top prize. It's howlarious!
"...wickedly funny..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...offers a lot of laughs..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"If you want to laugh--I mean really want to laugh...make a bee-line for Best In Show!" James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"Two thumbs up!" Ebert & Roeper And The Movies
"The year's funniest movie." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"...crammed with deliciously funny little bits." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Editor's Note
Christopher Guest brings his unique brand of lunacy to the screen with another mockumentary in the tradition of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN. This one, BEST IN SHOW, is about purebred dog owners feverishly competing for their pets to be named Best in Show at the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. Using many of the same actors who starred in WAITING FOR GUFFMAN--a spoof on the society surrounding the stage--Guest peoples BEST IN SHOW with hilarious, frighteningly real characters played by Catherine O' Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, and indie stalwart Parker Posey, among others. As the cutthroat competition heats up, the film becomes delightfully absurd. The contestants are hilarious. They include Gerry Fleck, a tacky suburbanite, and his overly popular wife, Cookie; Hamilton and Meg Swan, who are unbalanced, yuppie lawyers with terrible teeth; and Scott Donlan and Stefan Vanderhoof, flamboyant longtime companions who fiercely cheer on their canines while keeping their hearts set on the championship title. A reminder that people often bear an uncanny resemblance to their dogs, BEST IN SHOW takes a funny look at an even funnier business.
| Features | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Feature-Length Commentary By Director/Co-Star Christopher Guest And Several Co-Stars | | Deleted Scenes With Optional Director Commentary | | "K-9 Corner:" Visiting Various Dogs And Their Owners | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | TV Spots | | Cast/Filmmaker Career Highlights | | English Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/3/2004 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 18951 | | UPC: 00085391895121 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (2001) | | | Christopher Guest, Nominee, Best Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Reunites many of the same brilliant comic actors [from] WAITING FOR GUFFMAN....This comic jigsaw puzzle is crammed with deliriously funny little bits..." 09/27/2000 pp.1-9USA Today
"...The movie ends up belonging to Fred Willard's grrrreat comic turn as a woefully miscast sportscaster who applies overblown World Series/Super Bowl metaphors to participants on leashes..." 09/27/2000 p.1D Entertainment Weekly
"...[When] Fred Willard shows up...[the film] bristles to vulgar, antic life....[Willard delivers] slingshot zest..." 10/06/2000 p.58 Sight and Sound
"...A rare treat....A beautifully turned-out film of real pedigree..." 03/01/2001 p.39-40 Total Film
"...Unique....It's a joy to see a truly hilarious comedy that balances its laugh-ats with its laugh-withs..." -- 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/2001 p.90 Rolling Stone
"...Waggish fun like this is too good to miss..." 10/26/2000 p.122 Los Angeles Times
"...BEST IN SHOW has both bark and bite....Its low-key but sharp and amusing sense of humor is a nice fit with the frenetic world of competitive dog shows..." 09/27/2000 p.C1 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 Wonderfully neurotic Friday, July 14, 2006
MadelBlue from MD
This is one of those movies you can watch and laugh at time and again. All of the characters are delightfully neurotic and you come to love them all. Sometimes it can be destracting when there are several main characters and the movie moves back and forth through their stories; Best in show definitely got it right. I highly recommend this movie to anyone, pet owner, lover or hater. Was this review helpful?  
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Terrific for dog lovers or not Thursday, November 28, 2002
BJ from New York
I'm a dog lover and watch the AKC's Best in Show on TV often, so naturally I loved this comedy. But even my wife who doesn't like dogs loved this comedy. It's just so funny. Crazy dog owners, gay people, southerners, ... all are featured with hilarious touches. One of the best movies. Was this review helpful?
4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Funniest show in the universe. Saturday, February 09, 2002
Brian Luenser from Fort Worth Texas
Someone made me watch this movie, as it is about a dog show. Who cares, I thought. It turned out to be a movie that I had to buy to
watch again and again. I bought the DVD about 2 months ago and I bet I have watched it 15 times. It is comedy of the highest order.
A masterpiece. Was this review helpful?
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