Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986VOTE NOW
| Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 2, 1986 |
Summary:
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
Genre(s):
Biography, Drama, Comedy
Runtime:
97 min
As a moviemaker, [Pryor's] a novice presenting us with clumps of unformed experience. It isn't even raw; the juice has been drained away.
You have the feeling that Pryor had aimed for a somber, almost melancholy story, redeemed only by Jo Jo's strength of will at the very last moment. (He says as much in a recent magazine interview.) But the film has been cranked up to give it the maximum laughs and, in the process, has lost its center.
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