Best in Show

FrancisUrquhart

May 31, 2001

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I saw three movies over the holiday weekend. "Best in Show" is a great film. Christopher Guest's mockumentary on dog show entrants is both sweet and harsh, and always hilarious. What makes it travel so well is that even as he shows folks engaging in what many might feel is an absurd practice, he leaves them dignity. Fred Willard, as a third rate Howard Cosell of the dog show circuit, is alone worth the rental. Grade -A.