For Your Consideration (2006) 8/10

Starring : Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy
Director : Christopher Guest
Running Time : 82 mins

During the production of a low-budget movie named “Home For Purim”, the cast hear a rumour that one of the performances of one of the stars is going to be nominated for the upcoming Oscars. As the rumours begin to spread like wildfire, with an additional two members being tipped for nomination, the cast begin to appear in TV chat shows, a move that causes the films producers to decide to make some changes to the plot of the movie to make it more appealing to the public.

This is an interesting view on how Hollywood is perceived, with people only taking interest in rubbish films if they think that they are likely to win awards. The cast are wonderfully dry as their characters are transformed throughout the duration of the movie, from useless hacks to useless hacks with ambition.

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