Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family

R

Released Apr 4, 2003

1 hr. 23 min.

Documentary

List

43%

63 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

This live concert film features comedian Eddie Griffin performing his stand-up act. The central theme of the concert is family and how Griffin's difficult yet loving clan helped him become a star. Griffin introduces his family via anecdotes and documentary footage, relating infamous tales, including how his mother once chased him down with her car, how an uncle's drug abuse almost destroyed him and the pride another uncle took in his prodigious pornography collection.

Read More

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Premiered Nov 29

Buy Now

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Apple TV

Rent Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.

Critics Consensus

The humor is more profane and offensive than funny.

Read Critics Reviews

adam b

I definitely laughed a few times and thought the offensive jokes were more outdated than anything but I didn't have any issues and actually thought it was hilarious

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

Full Review

Audience Member

A hilarious stand up film/documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Actually pretty good!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

Full Review

Audience Member

I thought this comedy special was going to be downright hilarious. While it had some funny moments, Dysfunktional Family disappointed. It was too reliant on racial humor, something that all black comics seem to fall back to if they run of other material. However, it's all racial humor I have heard before from Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Chris Rock. The 9/11 bits were OK but not as funny either. The best part of the documentary were about his crazy uncles and his white grandfather. True life is always funnier than observational humor. I am still a big Eddie Griffin fan but I think he is capable of doing much better than this.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

Full Review

Audience Member

funny from start to finish....funniest stand up I've seen since.....Eddie Murphy 'Raw' & 'Delirious'

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

Full Review

Audience Member

one hell of a stand-up performance

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

George Gallo

Director

Eddie Griffin

Self

Eddie Griffin

Producer

David Permut

Producer

Paul Brooks

Producer

Eddie Griffin

Writer

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

87%

77%

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

84%

89%

Bukowski: Born Into This

81%

75%

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

78%

90%

Tupac: Resurrection

82%

81%

Mule Skinner Blues

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

For every bit that's flatly derivative ... there's another that connects.

Rated: B-

Apr 9, 2003

Full Review

Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Interminable going, not only because the forward momentum of Griffin's stand-up is routinely interrupted by annoying side trips to visit his porno-loving uncle or his cringing mom, but also because Griffin's material just isn't that funny.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 7, 2003

Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

... Griffin's social commentary is just as piercing and hilarious as the autobiographical stuff.

Apr 7, 2003

Full Review

Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

Even when some of his material has a "been there, heard that" sense to it, Griffin's outbursts of charisma help elevate the overall presentation.

Rated: 4/5

May 25, 2004

Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Click to read review

Rated: 3/4

Jan 18, 2004

Full Review

Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly

Griffin's paean to beating your children is more than a little disturbing.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 6, 2003

Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

This live concert film features comedian Eddie Griffin performing his stand-up act. The central theme of the concert is family and how Griffin's difficult yet loving clan helped him become a star. Griffin introduces his family via anecdotes and documentary footage, relating infamous tales, including how his mother once chased him down with her car, how an uncle's drug abuse almost destroyed him and the pride another uncle took in his prodigious pornography collection.

Director: George Gallo
Screenwriter: Eddie Griffin
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Gold Circle Films
Rating: R (Drug Related Humor|Strong Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.2M
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

Most Popular at Home Now