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  • Summary: When Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she was devastated. She started asking friends in show business if they had ever been fired and began collecting the stories. Her journey has grown into this documentary look at what it means to be both hired and fired as an American worker in the global economy. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    63
    A pleasant, leisurely 71 minutes, frequently beguiling thanks to Gurwitch's soft-sell version of the urbane, Second City-esque female noodge.
  2. Reviewed by: John DeFore
    50
    While unlikely to set the documentary market afire, is entertaining enough.
  3. 33
    At one point, David Cross tells Gurwitch to enjoy being unemployed, because "When you're fired, you're interesting." But as Fired! proves, that ain't necessarily so.

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