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  • 2015
  • Freestyle Digital Media
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2015
  • Freestyle Digital Media
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary Barry Crimmins is pissed. His hellfire brand of comedy has rained verbal lightning bolts on American audiences and politicians for decades, yet you've probably never heard of him. But once you've experienced Bobcat Goldthwait's brilliant character portrait of him and heard Crimmins's secret, you will never forget him. From his unmistakab...

Directed By: Bobcat Goldthwait

  • 2015
  • Freestyle Digital Media
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2015
  • Freestyle Digital Media
  • 1 h 46 m

Call Me Lucky

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Barry Crimmins is pissed. His hellfire brand of comedy has rained verbal lightning bolts on American audiences and politicians for decades, yet you've probably never heard of him. But once you've experienced Bobcat Goldthwait's brilliant character portrait of him and heard Crimmins's secret, you will never forget him. From his unmistakab...

Directed By: Bobcat Goldthwait

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
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10% Negative
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88
Aug 7, 2015
Call Me Lucky will be an especially grueling ride for those who can identify with Crimmins’ trauma. Yet its toughness does not at all diminish its worth. It remains an essential viewing experience.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 4, 2015
Call Me Lucky is a loving but fair portrait of the artist as a heroic hothead.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 10, 2015
There should be more Crimmins performance footage and fewer interviews that only reiterate points already made several times. Crimmins is preaching to the choir, and the film, while fascinating and inspiring, is at least a half-hour longer than it has story to tell.
By Tim Appelo FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 6, 2015
Goldthwait stays behind the camera, but his long personal history with Crimmins provides him with access that no other filmmaker would likely have been able to get, given how ferociously the man guards his privacy.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 3, 2015
Bobcat Goldthwait's hand too nervously tempers Crimmins's outré tactics as kooky showmanship bred from unimaginable trauma.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 5, 2015
You’ll be the richer for spending time in Crimmins’ company, but the material seems better suited to the small screen.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
37
Aug 6, 2015
Ironically, Call Me Lucky, a worshipful new documentary profile of Crimmins by comic-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, has a little too much reverence for its irreverent subject.
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Production Company Type 55 Films
Release Date Aug 7, 2015
Duration 1 h 46 m
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Awards

Gasparilla International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Boston Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Boulder International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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