Best in Show
Written by John Rozewicki   
Monday, 25 September 2006

Cult Following

Best in Show is a movie that has a crazy following of really dedicated people. I guess it's a cult following, but it's a real cult following. It's not like one of the more recent mainstream cult followings where talk show hosts are telling you something has a cult following. I question how cult these followings really are if you can flip on the television and hear about it. You won't hear too many people mention this movie, and so Best in Show has a real cult following.

Defending Po-Mo

But if it is ever brought to the surface, you'll see a few people in the group perk up to defend this movie. There doesn't seem to be any outspoken opposition, but nonetheless the tone they take is that of defense. "Best in Show? Yeah, I actually really like that movie." Best in Show is kind of a postmodern situation comedy about a dog show. You have to be a cynical sort of person to understand why two people, who are fans of L.L. Bean catalogs, playing tag between Starbucks that are across the street from each other is funny. That's probably the reason people take such a defensive tone during discussions of it. I shudder to imagine trying to explain it to my mother:
Me: "See, it's funny because it's making fun of the suburban American lifestyle." Mom: "But we don't have two Starbucks that are across the street from each other." Me: "We don't have a Starbucks at all." Mom: "So why is it funny then?" Me: *sigh* Mom: "And I actually find L.L. Bean to be quite dapper, by the way."

Pedantickery

As I said before, Best in Show takes a kind of person with a cynical sort of mind to enjoy it. I feel like Best in Show should easily become a banner movie for me because cynical people are my people. I respect people who like this movie. But alas, Best in Show has an annoying issue. The bulk of the film is essentially B-movie calibre. The movie at times employs a very entertaining documentary style that's similar in feeling to the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous. It's a fun style that lets the characters breathe a little bit. The script is able to be delivered in a more natural off the cuff fashion. It pulls you in because the characters talk to the camera, to you. It lends an honesty to the film that's important when absurd things are happening, but it is also the root of film's problems. Unfortunately, unlike Drop Dead Gorgeous, Best in Show jettisons the documentary format after the first 15 minutes only to pick it back up again for the final few minutes. The funniest parts of the movie are in the scenes done in this fashion, but unfortunately those scenes only amount to 20 minutes of a 90 minute movie. What you would be left with if you took those scenes out is a standard B-movie. It's bait and switch. The documentary style scenes the viewer is teased with are abandoned in favor of this unpolished very base comedy that I am not a fan of. The insightful lampooning of suburbia gets replaced with gay jokes and lisp humor. I guess it depends on the person, but I think that if someone dislikes Best in Show it will be for this reason.

Verdictery

Best in Show is a good movie that's most definitely worth it to watch once. It's smart and funny for the most part, but I just can't imagine myself popping it in the DVD player more than once every 2-3 years or so. The bait and switch in the comedic stylings prevent it from attaining the offical designation of Truly Bitchin'.
Links: IMDB Page for 'Best in Show'; IMDB Page for 'Drop Dead Gorgeous'
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