Comedian (2002)
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Bill Cosby
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Reviews
Think sausage. It’s gristly, filled with fat, and even if you like standup comedy, you might not want to see it done.
Choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy.
Digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world.
Comedian never comes full circle with the intimate details surrounding the personal life of Jerry Seinfeld. The real romanticism is about a man and his love affair with one main dancing partner—the companion called comedy.
You might be shocked to discover that Seinfeld's real life is boring.
It doesn't have a narrative arc so much as it sips from the snifter of the life of a comedian, but that does not detract from its interest one bit.
Those with an interest in the art of stand-up will revel in this, and there's enough laughs to sustain it for those not looking to overintellectualize things.
Ultra-cheap and incorrigibly lo-fi, Comedian doesn't have much rhyme or reason, or a point.
What's missing most from Comedian is the stand-up act that Seinfeld is so carefully crafting.
It is fascinating to see how much work and preparation goes into stand-up comedy.
aside from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd, there's little to be learned from watching 'Comedian'
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