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.
20 November 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 April 1956, Rochester, Kent, England, UK
18 September 1939, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
23 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 September 1938, Silver City, New Mexico, USA
7 February 1953, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 April 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy
19 June 1956, Hazlet, New Jersey, USA
1 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
28 July 1958, Defiance, Ohio, USA
29 January 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 June 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
19 September 1975, California, USA
5 February 1976, Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
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.
July 18, 2008
Guest lets the characters talk at length, obliviously revealing their own quirks and neuroses.
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.
December 21, 2010
Hilarious folk music mockumentary has some innuendo.
May 09, 2003
While Guest never forgets to laugh, he never forgets to love either, embracing the very subject he is simultaneously throttling.
February 13, 2016
The performance that sticks is the one by Eugene Levy, whose work conveys a tenderness that momentarily slices through the satire.
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.
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.
May 08, 2003
A rollicking, tongue-in-cheek sendup.
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.
