Mockumentary
Though the term was coined in reference to the groundbreaking 'This is Spinal Tap', Rob Reiner cannot claim ownership of the fake documentary genre. Woody Allen's debut as director 'Take the Money and Run' is an early example, but undoubtedly the number of these satirical slices of life has risen of late, reflecting the popularity (and banality) of reality television. Christopher Guest took the format and ran with it ('Best in Show', 'A MIghty Wind', 'Waiting for Guffman'), and classics include serial killer profile 'Man Bites Dog', Lars von Trier oddity 'The Idiots' and of course the cringingly accurate 'The Office'. Check out Alice's collection below.
Death of a President (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Gabriel Range
Starring: Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay...
Deeply controversial on its release, Gabriel Range's 'mockumentary' is set in the near future and imagines the aftermath to the assassination of curre... Read more
For Your Consideration (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Fred Willard,...
Christopher Guest turns his satirical mockumentary eye on the film industry, following the fortunes of a small independent drama that has attracted 'O... Read more
The Waimate Conspiracy (2006)
2.7/10
Director: Stefen Lewis
Starring: David McPhail, Mark Hadlow, Jim Moriarty, Helen Pearse-Otene, Janice Gray
Based on the director's comedic 1999 novel, 'The Waikikimukau Conspiracy', this grass-roots mockumentary focuses on a group of South Island Maori who... Read more
The Office (US): Season 2 (2006)
Starring: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, BJ Novak
Breaking free from its formidable BBC parent and finding its own comedy feet, the second season of 'the American Office' has a full compliment of 22 e... Read more
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Luenell , Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson, etc ...
Sacha Baron Cohen stirred up a legal hornet's nest when he took his obnoxious Kazakh reporter character, Borat, on the road in the US and A. From dru... Read more
Kenny (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Clayton Jacobson
Starring: Shane Jacobson, Ronald Jacobson, Eve von Bibra
Kenny, a Melbourne-based port-a-loo installer, is someone who knows the ins and outs of everybody's in and outs. As he goes about his daily business,... Read more
Trailer Park Boys: Season 5 (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Mike Clattenburg
Starring: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Patrick Roach, John Dunsworth, Lucy Decoutere
Over the course of season five, the Boys will have to deal with a couple of shady creeps selling dope out of their grandmother's house; Mr. Lahey's (J... Read more
The Comeback: The Complete Series (2005)
8/10
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Laura Silverman, Damian Young, Malin Akerman, Robert Michael Morris...
Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) used to be at the top of everybody's list, now with her hit sit-com behind her, roles are thin on the ground, and she's... Read more
The Pretender: Series 1, Episodes 1-5 (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Bennett, Patrick Gillies
'The Pretender' is a smart, satirical and biting examination of our nation's leaders; the people behind them; and the jealousy, megalomania, fear, con... Read more
Brothers of the Head (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Starring: Bryan Dick, Sean Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway
Off-beat tale of rock and roll rebellion chronicles the rise and fall of Bang Bang, a fictional 1970s Brit-rock band comprised of the Howe brothers (H... Read more