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Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings
- Starring: Jerry Seinfeld
- Summary: Jerry Seinfeld is once again a working standup comic. Comedian is the unique and engaging look at what it took for him, and by extension every stand-up, to get there. (Miramax)
- Director: Christian Charles
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Positive: 17 out of 28
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Mixed: 11 out of 28
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A film that comes close to re-creating the funny-but-serious environment of stand-up comedy.
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80Instead of prying into his soul, the filmmakers investigate his working conditions and offer a sort of backstage ethnographic study of the professional stand-up culture.
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80It's funny as hell, and like all comedy that stings, sorrowful at its core.
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60As a portrait of a man at the top of his profession starting over, it's involving throughout, and funny, too. Its range proves too narrow to support the questions it raises, but it's memorable for the point it repeats.
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4