For those of us who treasure the brilliantly improvised mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and company – Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind – watching this complete flop is a depressing experience. A spoof of Hollywood’s awards season, in which the shooting of a hokey melodrama succumbs to silly hubris when Oscar rumors start to swirl, For Your Consideration is limp from start to end. Save for Catherine O’Hara’s sly and delicate performance as a career actress undone by possible acclaim, there isn’t a performance – or joke – that works.
