Brand: A Second Coming

Name: Brand: A Second Coming
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: September 25, 2015
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 63

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Ignite Channel | Release Date: September 25, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Every day of our lives, from the minute we can be marketed to the myth that becoming famous will make our lives complete, or consuming a certain something will be the answer, is chucked down our throats. Yet, the reality is that the medium ain't the message. You become famous for what you do, and therefore it's what you do that matters.Every day of our lives, from the minute we can be marketed to the myth that becoming famous will make our lives complete, or consuming a certain something will be the answer, is chucked down our throats. Yet, the reality is that the medium ain't the message. You become famous for what you do, and therefore it's what you do that matters. This crucial element is overlooked entirely by whole generations of drones who worship at the wrong altar. Russell Brand is a troubled visionary who embraced the superficial and doped up times in which we live, only to find it was an empty proposition. He started a search for meaning, which lead him to dig out his heroes: Gandhi, Malcolm X, Jesus and Ché Guevara - to look at why they did what they did, how they did what they did, and in what ways he might be a little bit like them.… Expand

Director: Ondi Timoner

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin

Apr 6, 2015

For its majority, the film is all comedic and political fire, but as its winds down, Timoner rounds it off with a tone of melancholic, tragic inevitability to Brand’s life. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Apr 6, 2015

The extensive two-hour running time only slightly hinders a simultaneously amusing and powerful encapsulation of Brand's journey from outrageous provocateur to enlightened zealot preaching for social change. Read full review

Time Out London Dave Calhoun

Oct 20, 2015

Timoner refuses to run fully with Brand’s elevated idea of himself, preferring to offer glimpses of a vulnerability and ruthlessness behind the clownish bluster. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 6, 2015

A thoroughly entertaining doc that serves also as a primer on Brand's shockingly successful comedy career and an introduction to his singular personality. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Apr 6, 2015

Brand: A Second Coming is never dull, moving at a busy clip appropriate to its seemingly tireless globe-trotting protagonist. Read full review

James Rocchi

Sep 24, 2015

Brand: A Second Coming is messy, muddled and occasionally maddening; it’s also a strong and stirring portrait of a funnyman who’s realized that some things just aren’t that funny. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Oct 1, 2015

Brand: A Second Coming wants to tell the story of a man overcoming temptation and trading a shallow approach to life for something more sustaining and profound. It’s undone by its own shallowness, and by the limited appeal of its subject. Read full review

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RvwFromUpHere

Apr 8, 2016

Who: Russell Brand, Popstar version of Zooey Deschanel, and Noel Gallagher as God
What: A voice of reason in this Trump-era we live in
Where: Russell Brand's wet dream When (Can I watch again): When you finish Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Get Him to the Greek and still need more AldousWho: Russell Brand, Popstar version of Zooey Deschanel, and Noel Gallagher as God
What: A voice of reason in this Trump-era we live in
Where: Russell Brand's wet dream
When (Can I watch again): When you finish Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Get Him to the Greek and still need more Aldous Snow in your life
Why: Whether you love him or hate him, the man is funny and makes some good points within his own political agenda; it's definitely worth a watc… Expand

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Nitsu

Nov 2, 2020

Creo que intentó demostrar quién es, pero debo admitir que aún le falta mucho para expresar su verdadera identidad, no sé si me entiendes.

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talkhonesly

Sep 18, 2018

so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

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Dilary

May 29, 2020

No me sorprende, sinceramente es pura basura igual que su persona, creo que debe estar arrepentido de varias cosas.

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