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Thread #58488   Message #951292
Posted By: PoppaGator
12-May-03 - 05:47 PM
Thread Name: Review: A Mighty Wind
Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind
The film *just* opened in New Orleans. I haven't seen it yet, but my 20-year-old son went over the weekend. Mike has a pretty sophisticated sense of humor, and is a big-time fan of all the previous films by this looney group. He enjoyed it, but said "I know I missed some of the jokes because I'm not familiar enough with what they're poking fun at." I think this is probably a testament to the subtlety of the film's approach, and I continue to look forward to seeing it. Probably within a couple of days.

Mike was reluctant to say too much, for fear of spoiling it for his mother and me, but did allow that Fred Willard was off-the-charts hilarious, continuing to outdo himself, and that Eugene Levy's character was so pathetic it almost wasn't funny -- with the emphasis on *almost*!