Dying Laughing

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Dying Laughing

Released Feb 24, 2017

1h 29m

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Comedy

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Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Jamie Foxx, Garry Shandling and others discuss the craft, creative process and psychology of performing stand-up comedy before a live audience.

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Gwilym Mumford

Guardian

The endless conveyor belt of talking heads does rather lose its lustre over time, and some actual standup would have been welcome, but there's a dizzying amount of insight ...

Rated: 3/5

Jun 16, 2017

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

Dying Laughing does a great job in highlighting the highs and the lows of the profession, but where the film doesn't get it 100% right is by offering very little background on each of their interviewees.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 14, 2017

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

Subject after subject - joke-crafting, set-building, room-running, dying on stage, living on the road, etc. - gets treated with bloodless abstraction by people who tell funny, engaging stories about their experiences for a living. Weird.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 24, 2017

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Judging by the off camera laughter during the interview segments this was a fun film to make. Too bad it isn't quite as much fun to watch.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 4, 2021

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Being a good comedian, it would seem, is as much about the ability to fail as it is the ability to succeed. Dying Laughing, in its occasional superficiality, does both. But for fans of the art form, it's worthwhile viewing.

Jan 6, 2021

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Dying Laughing strikes that delicate balance between being very funny and extraordinarily moving at times.

May 4, 2020

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Sean M

This was unfunny and uninformative. Just a waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/24

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paul m

Ugh....thats all i got left

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Dying Laughing: The daily life of a stand-up comedian is lonely, sad and to most people, pretty tragic. But to the small group of people who thrive on making strangers laugh, it is all worth it, as evidenced in these interviews with a line-up of successful comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Tiffany Haddish, the late Garry Shandling and Sarah Silverman. While the documentary doesnt offer much new insight, it does provide some laughs as well as an appreciation for the suffering comedians endure - their insecurities and screwed up lives, as well as how they cope with hecklers and the occasional bad shows. B

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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How many talking heads docs about comedians talking about comedy do we need? Apparently one more.... The stories are good as always, but this one is hit with a crate of unnecessary pretention (black and white? Really?). Kevin Pollack's "Misery Loves Comedy" is similar, but is better and more focused; watch that instead.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Good insight into how Stand-Up Comics work. Great parallels to other types of creative careers.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Synopsis

Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Jamie Foxx, Garry Shandling and others discuss the craft, creative process and psychology of performing stand-up comedy before a live audience.

Director: Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood
Producer: Suli McCullough, Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: 4045 Films
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 24, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo

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