Critic Reviews
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TV Guide
Just when the film seems to be getting bogged down in "before I made it big" anecdotes -- around the time she and Andy Dick, who was once dismissed from a food-service gig, spend a day operating a mobile lunch stand -- Gurwitch wisely broadens her focus, interviewing ordinary victims of corporate "right-sizing," plant closings.
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Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
A pleasant, leisurely 71 minutes, frequently beguiling thanks to Gurwitch's soft-sell version of the urbane, Second City-esque female noodge.
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The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
While unlikely to set the documentary market afire, is entertaining enough.
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Variety
Modestly amusing in fits and starts, Fired! proves most potent when on-screen interviewees are playing for keeps, not for laughs.
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Village Voice
Michelle Orange
While "maybe it's for the best" proved happily prophetic for her actor pals, those words of comfort sound more like a clueless bromide when you consider the 30,000 people laid off in Lansing after the film wrapped.
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Christian Science Monitor
Having written a book about being fired, Annabelle Gurwitch has now made a documentary as well, and it's something of a mess.
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Los Angeles Times
Lael Loewenstein
Fired! is missing the one thing it could have used most: a career objective.
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
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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Chicago Reader
The video is heavy on actors and other showbiz types, and the self-centered Gurwitch doesn't distinguish between a factory worker laid off after decades on the job and an actor getting rejected during tryouts.
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The New York Times
Feels like a desperate attempt to stretch a flimsy half-hour made-for-cable concept into a feature film.
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New York Post
Would that somebody had fired Gurwitch before she could have finished Fired!
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Washington Post
John Maynard
It's a shame Allen fired her from that play. After all, then she might not have had the time to make this documentary.
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