A Mighty Wind

Hilarious folk music mockumentary has some innuendo.

There is no shortage of performers with comic skills in A Mighty Wind. What's lacking instead is a visible premise for the satire and ridicule.

You don't leave A Mighty Wind laughing so much as humming. Its dialogue may be improvised, but its music is well rehearsed.

Aside from Miss Lynch, there are two very sweet performances, by Levy and O'Hara as Mitch and Mickey.

The performance that sticks is the one by Eugene Levy, whose work conveys a tenderness that momentarily slices through the satire.

One breathtaking moment of clarity between Eugene Levy's Mitch and Catherine O'Hara's Mickey gives way to an anticipated kiss during which you can practically sense the characters' hearts thumping and their fictional contemporaries rooting for them.

Director Christopher Guest teams up recurring cast members from his past ensemble comedies ("This Is Spinal Tap," "Waiting For Guffman" and "Best In Show") for this immaculately executed comedy of folk music stereotypes.