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Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 11

The comedians featured in Allah Made Me Funny are, like the movie itself, only mildly amusing.

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4

The comedians featured in Allah Made Me Funny are, like the movie itself, only mildly amusing.

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Follows three acclaimed comedians on stage and off as they lift the veil to reveal the humorous side of what it's really like to be American and Muslim. Mo Amer, Azhar Usman, and Preacher Moss poke fun at themselves, their communities, government, human nature and the tricky predicament of living in post-9/11 America.

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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (11)

A performance documentary with a tiny budget and a big spirit that follows three comics as they travel the country looking for laughs and understanding.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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It's hit-and-miss. But Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is a film that doesn't let go from the very first moment.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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The jokes are tepid and generic, better suited to late-night Comedy Central than the big screen.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
New York Post
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It has the potential to be culturally bridging in its way, and that makes looking for Muslim comedy in the Western world worthwhile.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
Chicago Tribune
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Between the sets, director Andrea Kalin generates some pleasant material by following the comics around in their private lives.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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The title doesn't lie.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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The whole thing is like an HBO comedy special -- Allah made these guys pretty funny -- and it's hard to see why it's getting theatrical release.

November 12, 2008 Comment

The performers are amiable, but the material is only mildly amusing.

October 7, 2008 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

A trio of Muslim Rodney Dangerfields complaining about not getting any respect on account of their religion.

October 6, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

The package is a friendly, if lackluster, affair...

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times

Allah may have made these men funny, but he didn't bestow much in the way of filmmaking skills.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | Comment
Los Angeles Daily News

Kaifa taqoulu kalimat 'this is funny stuff!' bel arabia? (How do you say 'this is funny stuff' in Arabic?)

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Compuserve | Comment
Compuserve

The title of this well-intentioned movie ought to have been, Allah Made Me "Occasionally" Funny: Live in Concert.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

a pleasant and amusing ode to banality.

October 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

The routines are so clean they could have played on the Ed Sullivan show in the '50s -- which is refreshing and so old it seems new.

October 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
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