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      The Comedians of Comedy

      Released Mar 12, 2005 1h 43m Documentary List
      44% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Comics Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford and Zach Galifianikis perform their stand-up routines. Read More Read Less

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      Dan20 L Something I often hate about documentaries meant to convey a story is that they are so often half filler or more. This movie is a different type of documentary which is all about spending time with its subjects. It gives you portions of some of their performances, but the real theme is hanging out with these people. Some moments are funny and others are mundane, but that mix contributes to giving the viewer as genuine a sense of what it is like to be at a certain stage of a comedy career at a certain time in America (2005) as a documentary can provide. If that sounds great to you watch this movie and if it doesn't don't. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/19 Full Review jack c Zach Galifianakis is the Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider of this road trip flick Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Fun look at a tour with lots of laughs. Nothing earth shattering, but worth a watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Funny, but have heard some of these jokes before. Wish there was more jokes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This doc is part performance video, part backstage/behind the scenes look at a comedy tour Patton Oswalt did with fellow alternative comics Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, and Maria Bamford. It's really offbeat, weird, and kooky, kind of like the four comics themselves. A lot of the onstage stuff is very dry, but the rest is where I found most of the overt humor to be. It's somewhat lacking when it comes to getting deep insights into these people, and they really are quite weird (especially Bamford, who kinda creeps me out), and perhaps a tad boring when not in performance mode. But overall, it is interesting to see the lives of comedians behind the scenes done shorter and less heavy handed than in Funny People. I did like it though, for the most part. If you like offbeat stuff, then you'll perhaps enjoy this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Being fans of all the comedians involved, I was expecting more. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Jack Mathews New York Daily News While there is a great deal of laughter among the quartet, there's scarcely a giggle in it for the audience. Rated: 1/4 Nov 11, 2005 Full Review Laura Kern New York Times Michael Blieden's indulgent and often numbingly slow documentary follows four semiknown comedians on a tour of the United States. Rated: 1/5 Nov 10, 2005 Full Review Akiva Gottlieb Village Voice Watching the quartet doing laundry, playing arcade games, or getting haircuts evokes the banality of road life far too accurately, and at 105 minutes, the film hardly leaves us wanting more. Nov 8, 2005 Full Review Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com When the Kings and Queens have come and gone, it's all about the Comedians Rated: 5/5 Mar 27, 2006 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...Oswalt's one-hour Comedy Central special contains more laughs than this... Rated: 2/4 Dec 31, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Comics Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford and Zach Galifianikis perform their stand-up routines.
      Director
      Michael Blieden
      Producer
      Patton Oswalt, Michael Blieden
      Screenwriter
      Maria Bamford, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt
      Production Co
      Netflix, Sixth Way Productions
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 12, 2005, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 5, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 43m