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Public Speaking: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 22, 2010
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Summary: Martin Scorsese directs this HBO documentary that follows New York writer Fran Lebowitz as she talks about her life and the world we live in today.
  • Genre(s): News/Documentary

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Dec 9, 2010
    100
    The Lebowitz film, Public Speaking, directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Graydon Carter--combines hilarious, contemporary interviews with Lebowitz about life in NYC, mixed with old clips of her in the Andy Warhol days, and great clips of her appearances on old talk shows.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Dec 9, 2010
    100
    She's a smart, funny, eccentric elitist who isn't afraid to tell us what she thinks of us or herself. Listen with an open mind, and you should find her sometimes scathing honesty is bracing rather than off-putting.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Dec 9, 2010
    60
    She seems distant and a little wary, like someone who has carefully built a comfortable life and sees no reason to invite a lot of strangers in. Her relationship with us is what she sees and shares. In the end, that seems fair enough.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. mmasonhauser
    9
    Great, great movie. I was in a Documentary mood, so i was looking through my HBO and saw this, and i didn't know who Miss Lebowitz was, so i said why not. I found myself glued to the screen through the whole movie. such a intelligent, clever. lady. very charming movie.… Expand
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  2. jalyss
    6
    When I ran across Public Speaking, the burning question of whatever happened to Fran Lebowitz was answered. She turned into a talking head. Granted, she's a witty head, an infuriating head, an exasperating head, but nevertheless a talking head. I found her amusing, insightful, and someone yearning so much for the past it was painful. The movie is worth watching simply because it's thought provoking. As to Ms. Lebowitz's writer's block - why doesn't she just wear a tape recorder around her neck - oh, wait, she is so rabidly anti-tech that might kill her.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes