Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

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Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

2019

1h 5m

Comedy

Stand-Up

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Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.

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Critics Consensus

Edgy, but empty, Sticks and Stones won't break any bones, but it won't elicit many laughs, either.

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Hannah Giorgis

The Atlantic

Sep 10, 2019

Sticks and Stones registers as a temper tantrum, the product of a man who wants it all -- money, fame, influence -- without much having to answer to anyone.

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

Sep 5, 2019

Sticks & Stones exists as a defiant design to intentionally offend large swaths of the audience Chappelle deems too thin-skinned and easily outraged.. while serving up simple, low-bar yucks to anyone yearning for validation of their anti-P.C. stance.

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Alison Herman

The Ringer

Aug 29, 2019

Sticks and Stones is designed to generate inflammatory coverage... It's a symbiotic cycle with no end in sight, and it's become the last thing a beloved provocateur should ever want to be: predictable.

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

Oct 16, 2023

While he might occasionally be guilty of the same kind of conflations for which he rightly lambasts other people, his ability to openly and sincerely hone in on the issues he most identifies with ensure he’s as important a comic now as he ever has been...

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Sean L. McCarthy

Decider

Oct 16, 2023

Not that Chappelle himself feels he has anything to fear, but he leans into his own transgressive nature, nonetheless...

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Pradeep Menon

Firstpost

Oct 16, 2023

Chappelle’s role in this, perhaps is to make even Outrage take a pause, and think for a minute...

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Woodrow D.

@Woodward313 Feb 20, 2026

Funny, smart, true, and prophetic. Dave is a great comedian—hypocritical at times, but funny.

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Melissa K

@XCalibar Jan 10, 2026

I laugh EVERY TIME I watch. His analogies are spot on.

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Howard M

@skihowie Dec 22, 2025

Netflix paid 15 million for a guy with opinions stand up and chain smoke for over an hour. Dave was funny with his skits now he thinks he is righteous with his opinions that I do not find funny.

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Kristian B

@RT24988308 Jan 4, 2025

Definitely worth watching.

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David D

@David2026 Dec 15, 2024

Who doesn't love Dave Chappelle. He is one funny mother! Here I feel, it's a disorganised Gonzo. If it wasn't Dave, I'm not sure I would have finished it.

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Toni & Darren T

@RT82818512 Oct 8, 2024

FRECKEN AWESOME... enjoy 😉

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Synopsis

Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.

Director: Stan Lathan
Screenwriter: Dave Chappelle
Genre: Comedy, Stand-Up
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2019
Runtime: 1h 5m

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