Misery Loves Comedy
Tribeca Film | Release Date: April 24, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 23, 2015
Explaining humor is usually like boiling water — it evaporates. But the funny folks in actor Kevin Pollak’s well-structured doc can actually break down what they do. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubJosh ModellApr 22, 2015
To a person, these comedians are looking for a connection, some attention, and appreciation — which makes them, as Penn Jillette points out toward the end, just like everybody else, only they have microphones and spotlights. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 23, 2015
Misery Loves Comedy reveals artists adept at sounding out the darkest depths of our lives — and then transmuting what they find to laughter, a gift I bet sad young poets might ache for. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzApr 23, 2015
It's hard to tell if Kevin Pollak's documentary Misery Loves Comedy is too much of a good thing or not enough. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid HughesSep 8, 2015
If only he had probed a bit deeper, and widened his scope beyond the predominantly white, male subjects (including our own Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan and Stephen Merchant), this could have been a fascinating film as well as a funny one. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartApr 22, 2015
Pollak obviously had fun, but you get the feeling the best bits never made it in. Read full review
50
The DissolveNathan RabinApr 22, 2015
More than anything, Misery Loves Comedy does not need to exist. The niche it aims to fill has already been occupied by people willing to go much deeper than Pollak. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 23, 2015
Misery Loves Comedy, Kevin Pollak’s survey of the opinions of a bunch of professionally funny people, is an evident labor of love and also a work of grating amateurism. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDrew HuntApr 18, 2015
Commingling industry shoptalk with introspective insights and wrangling testimonials, the film casts an incredibly wide net, but doesn't reveal much of anything. Read full review
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