anyone with an erect sense of humor will tell you this be spinal tap be one of the funny movie ever make . it single handedly introduce the mockumentary format and a style that actor or director christopher guest have revisit and most notably in his glorious wait for guffman . guffman be about delusional theater director corky st. clair and his cast of local performer who dream of broadway stardom . it be great . and if you have ever do community theater and you know it be absolutely true . since then guest have direct best in show and a muddled mockumentary about dog pageant and and a mighty wind and a film about faux folksingers that verge on a traditional hollywood narrative . a a logical next step come for your consideration and a classical narrative comedy about oscar hype and hollywood buzz . i will keep it short and sweet since the movie be just that . it painless but forgettable and amuse but never cracklingly funny and enjoyable but inconsistent . it a mixed bag of about 6 different movie ( within movie ) and actor perform without any unifying style represent you have the broad buffoonery of fred willard a an oafish tv host and guest himself a a caricature of a jewish director negate the down to earth believability of harry shearer and catherine ohara a earnest and age actor ache for a comeback . it doesn not gel . add to this the fact that guest have add to his ensemble with each of his subsequent film . at this point that group have snowball into an unmanageable size . waste in tiny role be michael mckean and don lake and michael hitchcock and larry miller and ricky gervais and the great jennifer coolidge represent what about tell people not to see our show . be also stick with actor who be less than hilarious represent ed begley jr and jim piddock and jane lynch and bob balaban and and a woman who have get progressively worse in every guest film to the point i now consider her completely talent free represent parker posey . i hate to complain about appearance but it doesn not help that the majority of guest troupe be up there in the age department . it start to become a distraction and especially when say star be get funny make up job and like willard bizarre bleach curl and ohara plastic surgery parody cheek . the carnival factor be considerable . even if all of the above have somehow magically coalesce it wouldn not have matter represent guest do this story of fame hungry hopefuls much well with wait for guffman . it be a lot more exciting to watch the town dentist come alive a a stage actor than watch a hollywood actor pine for a trophy . leave the hollywood script to the hack and mr. guest and and get back to what you do best represent the mockumentary . i bet you still fit into corky dance pant . grade represent c .