Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable

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Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable

2018

1h 8m

Comedy

Stand-Up

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Ellen DeGeneres is "Relatable" in her debut Netflix original comedy special premiering December 18. Filmed at Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Relatable marks Ellen's return to stand-up after a 15-year hiatus.

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Seasoned pro Ellen DeGeneres finally returns to the comedy stage in her most on-brand form - genuinely goofy and undeniably good.

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Lauren Carroll Harris

Guardian

With this slickly produced 70-minute standup special, Netflix continues its glittering and sometimes subversive lineup of smart, kooky comedy.

Jul 24, 2019

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Carrie Battan

New Yorker

In Relatable, Ellen DeGeneres struggles to regain the edge that she has lost in that intervening time...In defending Hart without any sort of thoughtful inquiry, DeGeneres abdicated her responsibility to her audience.

Jan 8, 2019

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Robyn Bahr

Hollywood Reporter

I just wish she gave us more of her own visceral humanness and trusted us to receive her with a little more darkness than her brand typically allows for.

Dec 26, 2018

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Yusef Roach

Paste Magazine

This special is damn delightful.

Rated: 7.8/10

Dec 20, 2018

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Sean L. McCarthy

Decider

All relatable stuff. If not out-and-out gut-busting or thought-provoking. Does comedy necessarily have to be either of those, though? Can't funny just be funny?

Dec 20, 2018

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Laura Bradley

Vanity Fair

However un-relatable DeGeneres might claim to be, her special feels like a joyous invitation; perhaps the next one won't take 15 years to arrive.

Dec 20, 2018

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Audience Member

War criminals will use this to torture people in the future. Didn’t even crack a smile the entire time. This isn’t comedy. This is a desperate cry for help from a person who was shamed for being a bad person and wants people to tell her it’s okay that she was a bad person. Ellen should’ve stuck to verbally assaulting people.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Tracy V

I usually like Ellen DeGeneres' comedy, but this special just really isn't that funny. It falls flat. It's more about her trying to vindicate herself for what happened with her TV show. She really doesn't deny that she was "mean" but more so tries to placate the audience, which doesn't work. Perhaps if she had fallen on her sword more and then followed that up with a great comedy routine, she would have been exonerated.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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arbin g

Gringo papi level of comedy!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Nietzsche l

Tired, pretentious and forced. It was like watching someone struggling with some internal dilemma.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/24

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Rohit C

Ellen tried too hard, did not feel free flowing at all, the last line was spoken as if turning screws. Not at all relatable..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/18/19

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Eda Buse A

Ellen was never a great comedian anyways.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/19

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Synopsis

Ellen DeGeneres is "Relatable" in her debut Netflix original comedy special premiering December 18. Filmed at Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Relatable marks Ellen's return to stand-up after a 15-year hiatus.

Director: Joel Gallen, Tig Notaro
Genre: Comedy, Stand-Up
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 18, 2018
Runtime: 1h 8m