Dying Laughing

Name: Dying Laughing
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: February 24, 2017
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 73

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: February 24, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Featuring Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Steve Coogan and the late Garry Shandling, Dying Laughing is a candid look at the complicated and fascinating lives of some of the world’s greatest stand-up comedians. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director and the starFeaturing Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Steve Coogan and the late Garry Shandling, Dying Laughing is a candid look at the complicated and fascinating lives of some of the world’s greatest stand-up comedians. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director and the star performer - and in stand-up there is no rehearsal, no practice, no safety net as it only works in front of a live audience, with feedback being instantaneous and often brutal. For most people, baring their soul on stage and having an audience “boo” at you would become a life-long trauma, but for stand-up comedians, it’s a nightly challenge. Once you take this step behind the curtain, you will never look at these funny folks the same way again. [GravitasVentures]… Expand

Director: Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood

Genre(s): Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Richard Roeper

Feb 22, 2017

Dying Laughing is a movie about stand-up with no performance footage. It’s like a documentary about baseball with no game footage — but it’s great and it’s valuable and it’s wonderful, because we love seeing and hearing these all-time greats talk about what they do with such passion and candor. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Feb 23, 2017

An involving examination of and tribute to the art and agony of stand-up comedy, "Dying Laughing" will leave you convinced that a) comedians spend a lot of time thinking about their work and b) it's too difficult and even painful a vocation to take on unless you absolutely feel it as a calling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Feb 24, 2017

Once the movie hits its true stride it’s really fascinating. At least it is if you have an interest in its subject, which I think maybe you should, since the compulsion to stand on a stage and seek approval by telling jokes is one of the most potentially masochistic in the entire human condition Read full review

Sheri Linden

Feb 23, 2017

Though the engaging documentary treads through unavoidably familiar territory — the loneliness of the road, the anguish of bombing — its chorus of testifiers often find sharp new angles of approach. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Feb 23, 2017

As one comic after another recalls triumphs, misadventures and painful lessons learned, the stories become redundant. Read full review

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