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I thought it was a true hilarious representation of some of the extreme people whom are associated with dog shows.

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Truly Guest's best film. If you have seen any other of Guest's films and enjoyed them you should definatly see Best in Show. It is hilarious and has Levi and O' Hara in the lead (a great combination) however what truly makes this film great is all...
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Truly Guest's best film. If you have seen any other of Guest's films and enjoyed them you should definatly see Best in Show. It is hilarious and has Levi and O' Hara in the lead (a great combination) however what truly makes this film great is all of the dogs and how even though they are not as smart as humans compared to the ones seen in the film many might want to rethink who is truly the higher being.

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Posted feb 12, 2007 6:16 am pt

• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  100
  No one does this genre better than actor-writer-director Christopher Guest.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  90
  Waggish fun like this is too good to miss.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  90
  A barkingly funny new "mockumentary" that does for those canine pageants what the helmer's 1996 "Waiting for Guffman" did for smalltown theatrics.

  by Eddie Cockrell | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  This comic jigsaw puzzle is crammed with deliriously funny little bits.

  by Stephen Holden | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  90
  Best in Show has an uproarious wild card in Fred Willard, who plays a hack commentator convinced that he's the most amusing fellow on television

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  90
  It's as smart, quiveringly alert and fleet of foot as a purebred pointer on the scent of fresh game.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] TNT RoughCut
  
  90
  I found myself roaring at the grotesque way some of the characters talk to their pets, pausing only briefly when I realized that I do precisely the same thing.

  by Andy Klein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  88
  If this new film doesn't quite go to 11, it's a healthy 8½.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  88
  I was laughing so hard, tears were streaming down my cheeks.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  Wickedly funny.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  This giggle does for dog shows what Rob Reiner's "This Is Spinal Tap" (in which Guest plays Nigel Tufnel) did for heavy metal.

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  83
  You will be surprised by the film's poignancy when the winner is announced. You may even get choked up. You will care that much.

  by Kim Morgan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  Has both bark and bite. Its low-key but sharp and amusing sense of humor is a nice fit with the frenetic world of competitive dog shows.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  In general, the dogs-as-mirrors theme--the crazy things people do with and in relation to their pets--is what keeps this going, and the laughs are sporadic but genuine.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  80
  Blue-ribbon acting from both the four- and two-legged performers.

  by Stephen Miller | Read Full Review »