Best in Show

About Best in Show

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.

Best in Show (2000) is a comedy film directed by Christopher Guest. Its themes are mockumentary, pets, illinois, and poodle.

Bob Balaban takes the lead as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III, Jennifer Coolidge as Sherri Ann Cabot, Christopher Guest as Harlan Pepper, and John Michael Higgins as Scott Donlan. It runs 91 minutes and was released in September 2000.

The screenplay is by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential.

The Secret Life of Pets, The Artist, and Up make useful companions to Best in Show, all filed under dog and terrier. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 705 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.