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      Janey

      2024 1h 18m Biography Documentary List
      80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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      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 Full Review Aidan Smith Scotsman ... Riotous. Rated: 4/5 May 17, 2024 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Alistair Harkness Scotsman A stand-up herself, Storrie is Godley’s support act onstage and off and the film benefits hugely from the intimacy her presence and probing questions elicit. Rated: 3/5 Mar 12, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis 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
      Genre
      Biography, Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 18m