Review – A Mighty Wind

Every step these movies take away from Waiting for Guffman seems to be a step in the wrong direction. Or maybe the whole set even traces all the way back to Spinal Tap. In any event, imagine Best in Show only with folk singers rather than dogs and you’ve got the general idea here. Trouble is, most of the humor is too silly and too broad by far. Having grown up with parents who were into the whole folk music thing, I recognized some of the characters (or at least the character types). It helped that the acting was solid as ever. However, the plot and the dialogue just didn’t do enough to hold the production together and make it funny enough to justify the running time. Mildly amusing