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.
29 January 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 February 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 April 1938, Alhambra, California, USA
28 July 1958, Defiance, Ohio, USA
4 March 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20 November 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 April 1964, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
28 August 1961, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 February 1938, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 February 1976, Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
8 November 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 February 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
7 June 1926, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 09, 2003
A hoot.
July 18, 2008
Guest lets the characters talk at length, obliviously revealing their own quirks and neuroses.
May 09, 2003
While Guest never forgets to laugh, he never forgets to love either, embracing the very subject he is simultaneously throttling.
