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Dying Laughing

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Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Jamie Foxx, Garry Shandling and others discuss the craft, creative process and psychology of performing stand-up comedy before a live audience.
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Gwilym Mumford Guardian Jun 16, 2017
3/5
The endless conveyor belt of talking heads does rather lose its lustre over time, and some actual standup would have been welcome, but there's a dizzying amount of insight ... Go to Full Review Linda Marric HeyUGuys Jun 14, 2017
3/5
Dying Laughing does a great job in highlighting the highs and the lows of the profession, but where the film doesn't get it 100% right is by offering very little background on each of their interviewees. Go to Full Review Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader Feb 24, 2017
1/5
Subject after subject - joke-crafting, set-building, room-running, dying on stage, living on the road, etc. - gets treated with bloodless abstraction by people who tell funny, engaging stories about their experiences for a living. Weird. Go to Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Mar 4, 2021
2/5
Judging by the off camera laughter during the interview segments this was a fun film to make. Too bad it isn't quite as much fun to watch. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension Jan 6, 2021
Being a good comedian, it would seem, is as much about the ability to fail as it is the ability to succeed. Dying Laughing, in its occasional superficiality, does both. But for fans of the art form, it's worthwhile viewing. Go to Full Review Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review May 4, 2020
Dying Laughing strikes that delicate balance between being very funny and extraordinarily moving at times. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brandon C @Brandon686 Oct 2, 2026 a beautiful and moving picture of the dedication and resilience needed to be a stand-up. See more Sean M @RT47491155 May 10, 2024 This was unfunny and uninformative. Just a waste of time. See more Oct 3, 2017 Dying Laughing: The daily life of a stand-up comedian is lonely, sad and to most people, pretty tragic. But to the small group of people who thrive on making strangers laugh, it is all worth it, as evidenced in these interviews with a line-up of successful comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Tiffany Haddish, the late Garry Shandling and Sarah Silverman. While the documentary doesn’t offer much new insight, it does provide some laughs as well as an appreciation for the suffering comedians endure - their insecurities and screwed up lives, as well as how they cope with hecklers and the occasional bad shows. B See more Sep 6, 2017 How many talking heads docs about comedians talking about comedy do we need? Apparently one more.... The stories are good as always, but this one is hit with a crate of unnecessary pretention (black and white? Really?). Kevin Pollack's "Misery Loves Comedy" is similar, but is better and more focused; watch that instead. See more Aug 8, 2017 Good insight into how Stand-Up Comics work. Great parallels to other types of creative careers. See more Read all reviews
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Lloyd Stanton

Director

Paul Toogood

Director

Kevin Hart

Self

Jamie Foxx

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Chris Rock

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Movie Info

Synopsis Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Jamie Foxx, Garry Shandling and others discuss the craft, creative process and psychology of performing stand-up comedy before a live audience.
Director
Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood
Producer
Suli McCullough, Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
4045 Films
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 24, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo
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