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  • 2017
  • The Film Collaborative
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2017
  • The Film Collaborative
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary The Last Laugh is a feature documentary that proceeds from the premise that the Holocaust would seem to be an absolutely off-limits topic for comedy. But is it? History shows that even the victims of the Nazi concentration camps themselves used humor as a means of survival and resistance. Still, any use of comedy in connection with this...

Directed By: Ferne Pearlstein

Written By: Robert Edwards, Kent Kirshenbaum, Ferne Pearlstein

  • 2017
  • The Film Collaborative
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2017
  • The Film Collaborative
  • 1 h 28 m

The Last Laugh

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Last Laugh is a feature documentary that proceeds from the premise that the Holocaust would seem to be an absolutely off-limits topic for comedy. But is it? History shows that even the victims of the Nazi concentration camps themselves used humor as a means of survival and resistance. Still, any use of comedy in connection with this...

Directed By: Ferne Pearlstein

Written By: Robert Edwards, Kent Kirshenbaum, Ferne Pearlstein

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Mar 5, 2017
For the most part, the breadth of its examination of the subject is welcome, and by the end, it ends up feeling like as definitive a film on comedy and the Holocaust as you could ever want.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 5, 2017
Pearlstein’s very deft assembly manages to raise all these ideas and others for viewer consideration while underlining that there are few, if any, definitive responses to them.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 5, 2017
There is no uniform answer to whether a joke is funny or not, but Pearlstein has done a superlative job of exploring the reasons for why that is.
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70
Mar 5, 2017
An entertaining and thought-provoking film, The Last Laugh presents multiple perspectives on taboo humor without passing judgment.
By Lauren Humphries-Brooks FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 5, 2017
[Offers] plenty of laughs in its thoughtful examination of the issue.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
67
Mar 24, 2017
At a time when many of us look to comedy to keep us sane, the question is especially pertinent, although the answers here aren’t especially penetrating.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
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Mar 5, 2017
Some will be disappointed by the lack of firm conclusions in this film, but if it reveals anything, it’s the intensely personal nature of what people find funny.
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Production Company Tangerine Entertainment
Release Date Mar 3, 2017
Duration 1 h 28 m
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Website https://facebook.com/lastlaughfilm
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