A drama teacher with big dreams of Broadway is tasked with putting on the 150th celebration of Blaine, Missouri. It's the kind of middle-American community we've seen before, and Christopher Guest mines the eccentric humor in every last proud citizen. Case in point, the mayor:
"There's a saying in Missouri, if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes. In Blaine, with hard work, I think we can get that down to three or four minutes."
As with any of Guest's movies, the ensemble cast is exceptional (and yet, somehow, Parker Posey is always the show-stealer for me) and the movie strikes just the right balance of mocking and affectionate. There's just too much Leslie Knope in these people and it makes for a very funny movie.
"There's a saying in Missouri, if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes. In Blaine, with hard work, I think we can get that down to three or four minutes."
As with any of Guest's movies, the ensemble cast is exceptional (and yet, somehow, Parker Posey is always the show-stealer for me) and the movie strikes just the right balance of mocking and affectionate. There's just too much Leslie Knope in these people and it makes for a very funny movie.