Janey

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Janey

2024

1h 18m

Biography

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Janey Godley takes center stage in John Archer's engaging and insightful documentary about the fearless and funny comic. Janey found fame for her sweary anti-Trump placards and became a social media sensation as she re-voiced First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's Covid briefings. "First I was cancelled, then I got cancer," Janey notes as she recalls being called out for racist historic tweets, apologizing and then trying to rebuild her career before receiving her diagnosis. That didn't stop her from going on tour and Archer interweaves fly-on-the-wall footage with interviews from people such as Jimmy Carr, Nicola Sturgeon, and Janey's daughter, Ashley, that reveal details of a difficult Glasgow childhood.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

God, is she funny, with jokes running the gamut from the disgraced peer Michelle Mone living in a static caravan to cancer.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2024

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

Behind the clashing anxiety and laughter is the moving story of a woman with remarkable resilience.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 19, 2024

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

There’s nothing to challenge or expand upon the average viewer’s pre-existing knowledge of who Janey is.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 10, 2024

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Aidan Smith

Scotsman

... Riotous.

Rated: 4/5

May 17, 2024

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Sarah Manvel

Movies We Texted About

Instead of an honest celebration of a complex life, Janey is a disappointing failure that’s rotten to the core. What a mess.

Mar 15, 2024

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Helen Hawkins

The Arts Desk

This is a standard piece of verité film making, but it’s also smart and well edited, gradually building up a rounded portrait of a woman who hid in her local library when things at home got bad and she needed humour to get her through.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2024

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Janey Godley takes center stage in John Archer's engaging and insightful documentary about the fearless and funny comic. Janey found fame for her sweary anti-Trump placards and became a social media sensation as she re-voiced First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's Covid briefings. "First I was cancelled, then I got cancer," Janey notes as she recalls being called out for racist historic tweets, apologizing and then trying to rebuild her career before receiving her diagnosis. That didn't stop her from going on tour and Archer interweaves fly-on-the-wall footage with interviews from people such as Jimmy Carr, Nicola Sturgeon, and Janey's daughter, Ashley, that reveal details of a difficult Glasgow childhood.

Director: John Archer
Producer: John Archer
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 18m