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61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    An extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the comedy game.
  2. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    85
    A hilarious and utterly faboo documentary...you'll be begging for more.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Exactly the kind of documentary we all want to have made about ourselves, in which it is revealed that we are funny, smart, beloved, the trusted confidant of famous people.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    Offering often-hysterical testimony to Vilanch's talent.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Rod Dreher
    75
    An irresistible documentary tribute that's as yummy and insubstantial as a sackful of Twinkies.
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  6. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    Spirited, madly educational docu-quickie.
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  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    70
    An accurate sense of how today's Hollywood works.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    Endearing, very funny and utterly unpretentious.
  9. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    70
    It's worth the price of admission just to hear Vilanch bouncing ideas off of a revved-up Robin Williams.
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  10. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    70
    Fond, zippy new documentary about the Bruce who, on the Hollywood circuit, is the real Boss.
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  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    70
    The behind-the-scenes revelations are thoroughly convincing.
  12. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Sarah Hepola
    67
    Joyous ode to laughter as a way of life.
  13. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    67
    An affectionate puff profile.
  14. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    63
    Captures just enough behind-the-scenes flavor to qualify as a light, bright divertissement.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Because (Vilanch) is such a character, the movie ends up being a lot of fun.
  16. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    50
    This one's worth the ticket price only if you are a showbiz-aholic.
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  17. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Closer to an infomercial than a serious study, but it serves up plenty of rowdy humor.
  18. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    The aroma of hagiography is unavoidable.
  19. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    50
    Mildly amusing, both charming and diverting, it plays like a La La Land home movie.
  20. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    20
    I'd take the stakes driven right through my platform pumps over listening to Bruce Vilanch jokes, but that's me.
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