Comedian

Name: Comedian
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 11, 2002
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld

2002

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Miramax Home Entertainment | Release Date: October 11, 2002 | R

Starring: Jerry Seinfeld

Summary: Jerry Seinfeld is once again a working standup comic. Comedian is the unique and engaging look at what it took for him, and by extension every stand-up, to get there. (Miramax)

Director: Christian Charles

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 82 min

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Wesley Morris

lluminating and exceptional docu-portrait. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

What begins as an indulgent vanity piece (Seinfeld was a producer of the film) ends up as a fascinating portrait of creativity at its most compulsive. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Seinfeld is the perfect figure to center a documentary called, generically, Comedian. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Gains much greater texture from the intercutting between the two performers than had it remained simply a Seinfeld promotional project. Read full review

Keith Phipps

As a portrait of a man at the top of his profession starting over, it's involving throughout, and funny, too. Its range proves too narrow to support the questions it raises, but it's memorable for the point it repeats. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A not particularly revealing documentary. Read full review

Mark Olsen

Has moments of real interest, but they require wading through a lot of dead air. Read full review

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UltimateBub

Aug 2, 2015

If you like stand-up comedy, or just Jerry Seinfeld, you'll find plenty of stuff to like here. Some advice, some brief glances into what comedy really is all about. I did feel it was a kind of loose documentary, and I'm absolutely sure some people will not like it at all or pay no attentionIf you like stand-up comedy, or just Jerry Seinfeld, you'll find plenty of stuff to like here. Some advice, some brief glances into what comedy really is all about. I did feel it was a kind of loose documentary, and I'm absolutely sure some people will not like it at all or pay no attention to it, so of course it has a very specific audience. However, I recommend this not just to hardcore Seinfeld fans or actual comedians, but also to people trying to be funny, funnier in life I mean. Because it shows you that it's not hard being funny someplace you feel comfortable, it isn't, but when you're standing in front of an audience which you don't know anything about, it actually is. So I guess it makes you think about how important it is to value comedy, to perform it or to get it in your system. It's not supposed to be that hard all the time, but this documentary assures you that being a comedian is not as easy as it looks.… Expand

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