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Title: Not funny or worth the money
Review: Christopher Guest's films must be an acquired taste. I found this attempt at satire crude and heavy-handed: the purpose seemed to be to exploit every pathetic stereotype and hackneyed joke he could think of, while saying nothing in particular about the sport he was supposedly sending up. Everything about the film suggests it was a real quickie -- even the setting for the "big show," which resembled a rented junior high gym. The only truly funny character is the "color commentator," whose accent and inappropriate remarks perfectly catch the on-screen persona of a certain retired athlete who for years was a staple of the annual Westminster broadcasts.
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