I saw this one in the theater, and it was kind of strange because it was one of the first films I'd seen that I really thought would actually play better on television than in the theater. Well I saw it last weekend on TNT... very amusing as they were doing this "home makeover" type thing where they were putting all kinds of stuff in someone's backyard for their dogs, and the people on the program were basically just as fake and lame as anyone in the movie. Anyway, fake and lame describes almost every character in this movie with the exception of Guest's startling performance as Harlan Pepper. I feel like in a lot of ways the people being lampooned were played too heavily, especially the yuppie couple with Parker Posey. Their act was very funny at first but it wore thin much too fast for me. Likewise all the jokes about Catherine O'Hara's character being promiscuous. The first was hilarious but they kept pounding it into the ground.
All in all I feel the love for this film is somewhat displaced. I didn't enjoy it as much as "Waiting for Guffman" or even the later "Mighty Wind". But I've never owned a dog so maybe I'm missing some of the humor.
All in all I feel the love for this film is somewhat displaced. I didn't enjoy it as much as "Waiting for Guffman" or even the later "Mighty Wind". But I've never owned a dog so maybe I'm missing some of the humor.