A Mighty Wind
The muckumentary features a memorial concert for Irving Steinbloom, a folk icon in his age. To celebrate his dedication to the music, after his death, his sons and grandsons decide to put all of his masterpiece together, forming a great concert for him.
5 February 1976, Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
4 March 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15 October 1953, Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA
22 February 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
25 March 1953, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 June 1926, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
25 February 1938, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 13, 2016
The performance that sticks is the one by Eugene Levy, whose work conveys a tenderness that momentarily slices through the satire.
September 25, 2010
One breathtaking moment of clarity between Eugene Levy's Mitch and Catherine O'Hara's Mickey gives way to an anticipated kiss during which you can practically sense the characters' hearts thumping and their fictional contemporaries rooting for them.
May 09, 2003
You don't leave A Mighty Wind laughing so much as humming. Its dialogue may be improvised, but its music is well rehearsed.
July 18, 2008
Guest lets the characters talk at length, obliviously revealing their own quirks and neuroses.
May 09, 2003
A hoot.
May 09, 2003
More of a warm breeze than a great gust, but its simple, smart pleasures carry the force of a hurricane.
May 08, 2003
A rollicking, tongue-in-cheek sendup.
May 09, 2003
While Guest never forgets to laugh, he never forgets to love either, embracing the very subject he is simultaneously throttling.
December 21, 2010
Hilarious folk music mockumentary has some innuendo.
December 06, 2004
Where Guffman and Best found hilarious comedy in collisions of fractured personalities, Mighty Wind boasts only a few moments of inspired chaos.
May 16, 2003
There is no shortage of performers with comic skills in A Mighty Wind. What's lacking instead is a visible premise for the satire and ridicule.
April 18, 2009
Director Christopher Guest teams up recurring cast members from his past ensemble comedies ("This Is Spinal Tap," "Waiting For Guffman" and "Best In Show") for this immaculately executed comedy of folk music stereotypes.
