Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

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Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

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Released Jun 24, 2011

1h 29m

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In 2009, Conan O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," but, after only seven months on the job, he suddenly found himself unemployed. Embroiled in a legal battle with the network, Conan took his talents on the road for a 32-city comedy show aptly titled "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour." Filmmaker Rodman Flender was there every step of the way to document the comic's personal struggles during the most tumultuous time of his career.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

It's hard to feel sorry for a guy who banked millions for not hosting "The Tonight Show" anymore, but it's also fascinating to see a man this compulsively driven to get back in front of people and tell jokes, to hear the laughter, to soak in the applause.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 28, 2011

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

While a lot of geography is covered, as a concert film, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is decidedly thin entertainment.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 8, 2011

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

It's ... entertaining, not to mention revealing about the emotional toll exacted upon people who, in O'Brien's words, "feed their bone marrow to the wood chipper that is television."

Rated: 3/4

Jul 6, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Through O’Brien’s hilarious, unwavering buffoonery and comedic frontage, the doc never probes too deeply into its subject’s bitterness. But there are enough laughs and insight here to prove O’Brien’s dedication as an entertainer.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 11, 2023

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Jack Fleischer

Battleship Pretension

While this is absolutely Conan's show, one of true highlights is Conan's "off camera Andy," his personal assistant Sona Movsesian.

Mar 25, 2021

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

An entertaining documentary about one of the funniest people on television.

Rated: B

Aug 6, 2020

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Geke g

Such an interesting documentary. Specially for comedians

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Munkhchimeg T

Plot is very good. Very interesting movie. I can’t spoil it. Must see movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Audience Member

I loved it so much. I'm a big time Conan O'Brien fan so I'm a little biased but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. You get to see the real Conan at a more difficult time in his life and there were a lot of emotions but man did I laugh hard. I laughed a lot and I was so sad when it was over. There was also a lot of great music in the movie (I had no idea Conan was a good singer). If your with coco and you like to laugh this movie's for you. :)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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An interesting, somewhat private look at Conan O'Brien in the months following his infamous Tonight Show exit. This documentary follows him around on his 'Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television' tour, and apart from the spontaneous madcap humour we've all come to know, reveals surprising aspects of Conan's personality, such as insecurity, stress, unpleasantness and social aversion.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Conan O'Brien Can'tStop Directed By: Rodman Flender Starring: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Jimmy Vivino, Scott Healy, Mike Merritt, James Wormworth, Jerry Vivino Plot: Following his unplanned and highly publicized departure from NBC, exiledtalk show host Conan O'Brien decides to take his show on the road. This documentary captures that uproarious tour as well as O'Brien's dramatic break with his ex-employers. Review: If you're a Conan O'Brien fan I think you will love this. It is a great behind the scenes look at who Conan really is and what he went through after the Tonight Show fiasco. I felt it was well done not your typical drawn out boring documentary. It skipped the boring unneededscenes and left you with a funny but serious look at a man not sure where life is leading him but still knows his future is bright my favorite part in thefilm was how much he showed off his musical side I never realized how much he really was into music he could tour if he wanted. Rating: 8/10 Recommendation: This is a Rent if you're a COCOfan. It is on Netflix so if you have that it won't cost you a thing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

An interesting look into what Conan's really like. he's just like the rest of us.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/25/18

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Synopsis

In 2009, Conan O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," but, after only seven months on the job, he suddenly found himself unemployed. Embroiled in a legal battle with the network, Conan took his talents on the road for a 32-city comedy show aptly titled "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour." Filmmaker Rodman Flender was there every step of the way to document the comic's personal struggles during the most tumultuous time of his career.

Director: Rodman Flender
Producer: Gavin Polone, Rachel Griffin
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Pariah Productions
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $267.5K
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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