Film

Best in Show 2000

Directed by Christopher Guest

  • Comedy
  • 91 min
  • PG-13

Some pets deserve a little more respect than others.

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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Comic, warm, contemporary and cool.

  • gravecomic
  • warmbleak
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • cooloverwhelming
  • earnestironic

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 5The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 15 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 5The Formalist: disliked by 15 / 1The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 44The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 33The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 2The Sincere: disliked by 12 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 22The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 22The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

53 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Cartographers.

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