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Sarah Cooper's comedic charisma is as charming on screen as it was on social media, but a lack of thematic cohesion and an uneven ratio of successful skits make her first special merely Fine. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

An hour of funny single-camera vignettes dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, class and other light subjects.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Natasha Lyonne
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 27, 2020

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Sarah Cooper
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Natasha Lyonne
Director

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Critic Reviews for Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (7)

Everything's Fine is painfully aware, at every moment, that things are terribly, terribly bad. Beyond frantically running in circles and landing on a Twin Peaks reference, though, I'm not sure what it's trying to do.

November 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Kathryn VanArendonk
New York Magazine/Vulture
It's a fever dream, then, of this tumultuous American moment, a vortex of murder hornets, racist cupcakes and gassed protestors into which Cooper and her vacuous bulletin finally collapse.

November 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Brian Logan
Guardian
Everything's Fine is yet more proof of the challenge of satirizing our chaotic world, and why traditional forms keep coming up short...

October 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Alison Herman
The Ringer
Happily for everyone involved and the audience, it works. This is in no small part due to Cooper knowing her audience's expectations and limitations.

October 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Melanie McFarland
Salon.com
The comedian may have gone viral for "playing Trump," but here, with her biggest platform yet, she demonstrates what her comedic taste really is -- and it's somewhat surprising to learn that it's deeply weird. It's also invigorating to watch.

October 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Shirley Li
The Atlantic
Well, it looks like a non-stop parade of celebrity cameos and leftover "Saturday Night Live" sketches that often feel too long. As a special that showcases Cooper's talent and actual voice, it's even less successful.

October 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Ashley Ray-Harris
Variety
I get that Cooper and friends are trying to mirror the feeling of doom-scrolling, but the result is more like an SNL cold open gone rogue.

November 4, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Audra Schroeder
The Daily Dot
Watch it for Rudolph, Mirren and a clever parody of a Jordan Peele movie set at Mar-a-Lago. In a rushed, underwhelming special, those are the only things that are fine.

November 4, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Glenn Sumi
NOW Toronto
Everything's Fine is difficult to describe. I don't think anybody who presses play will be able to predict all its bizarre twists and turns.

October 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Christian Becker
Paste Magazine
"Can't find a laugh" goes for the whole special, sadly. Cooper is game, and is a fun on-camera presence. But this material is weak and prematurely dated.

October 30, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation
The more enjoyable aspects of the special came during the bits that had nothing to do with Trump but everything to do with how weird 2020 is.

October 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Sean L. McCarthy
Decider
Like many funny people who get a few minutes of viral fame on platforms like TikTok, or Youtube, or Twitter, Cooper doesn't move beyond her shtick in Everything's Fine, a shtick that feels tiresome the third time you see it in the special.

October 27, 2020 | Full Review…

Hazel Cills
The Muse/Jezebel