- Summary: Using animation, stand-up comedy, and interviews with Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Marc Maron and others, this documentary looks at the life of a comic Eddie Pepitone as he struggles with self-doubt, sobriety, and a challenging family history during a middle-age career surge.
- Director: Steven Feinartz
- Genre(s): Comedy, Documentary
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Feb 13, 201380The Bitter Buddha is very funny, and for all its bitterness, Eddie Pepitone's comedy is a taste that's easy to acquire.
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75The Bitter Buddha closes with Pepitone pondering whether he’s wasted his life by focusing on comedy rather than family, but everything that’s come before suggests that decision has led to a life that’s a triumph rather than a tragedy.
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70[An] amusing, freewheeling documentary.
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70The film’s unvarying lack of drama or direction can be wearing, but the schlubby originality of its subject fully repays the longueurs.
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