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The Comedians of Comedy

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Comics Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford and Zach Galifianikis perform their stand-up routines.

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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

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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 Audience Member Yeah, it needs a better editor to cut some of the slack. Still -- for what it's worth, I can hardly grade this subjectively. These are four of the greatest comics on the planet right now, and there's talent here so knee-jerk and natural you might not get it when you're high. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Just for the record, I'm also sick of that Ben Franklin motherfucker! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Michael Blieden

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Maria Bamford

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Zach Galifianakis

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Brian Posehn

Screenwriter

D.J. Paul

Producer

Ted Sarandos

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Movie Info

Synopsis Comics Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford and Zach Galifianikis perform their stand-up routines.
Director
Michael Blieden
Producer
D.J. Paul, Ted Sarandos
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