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Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Best Line: “We consider ourselves bi-costal if you consider the Mississippi River one of the coasts.”
We still have a hard time believing a movie this funny could be entirely improvised. But with a cast that includes comedy titans like Fred Willard, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest, and Catherine O’Hara, who needs a script? Like the best film comedies, it works not because you want to laugh at these losers, but because you see some of your own insecurities and vulnerabilities in them. These characters are ridiculous, utterly without talent, and lacking in any kind of self-awareness. Isn’t that what we all secretly fear about ourselves?
