Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life

2025

Comedy / Documentary / Talk-Show

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87%
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1156 1.2K

one-man show stand-up comedy

Director

Jeff Tomsic Photo
Jeff Tomsic

Top cast

Brian Henson Photo
Brian Henson as Puppeteer
Brett Goldstein Photo
Brett Goldstein as Self - Host
Kathleen Kim Photo
Kathleen Kim as Puppeteer
Mo Welch Photo
Mo Welch as Self
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576.12 MB
1280*640
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 2 min
Seeds 8
1.15 GB
1920*960
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 2 min
Seeds 17
2.78 GB
3840*1920
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  bg  hr  cz  dk  nl  es  fi  fr  gr  hu  lt  mk  no  pl  pt  ro  sr  sl    lv  sv  tr  et  
23.976 fps
1 hr 2 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by daveroseman-35849 7 / 10

Profane, Self-Aware, and Endearingly Human

There's a specific kind of relief that comes from a stand-up special that knows exactly what it is and never pretends to be anything else. Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life is laugh-out-loud funny, knowingly crude, and surprisingly warm beneath all the profanity. As a first filmed special, it's an impressive and confident debut that plays right to Goldstein's strengths.Goldstein leans fully into the persona audiences have come to love - the blunt, perpetually exasperated truth-teller with a wicked grin and zero interest in politeness. His delivery is sharp and rhythmically precise, allowing even the dirtiest jokes to land with intelligence rather than shock for shock's sake. What makes the special work so well is that the vulgarity is paired with self-awareness; Goldstein understands the absurdity of his thoughts and invites the audience into that shared recognition.The material itself feels personal without becoming indulgent. Stories about relationships, insecurity, masculinity, and the mildly horrifying chaos of being human are told with a looseness that feels conversational, yet clearly honed through repetition and craft. There's an infectious confidence in the way Goldstein commands the stage - relaxed, unforced, and fully comfortable letting a joke breathe if it needs to. What stood out most is how much fun this special clearly is. Goldstein enjoys the audience, enjoys the material, and enjoys pushing right up to the edge without tipping over into mean-spiritedness. Even when the jokes get aggressive, there's an underlying warmth that keeps the crowd on his side.The Second Best Night of Your Life is exactly what a stand-up special should be: unapologetically funny, sharply written, and performed with total commitment. For a first recorded special, it's a knockout - and a strong signal that Brett Goldstein belongs very comfortably on this stage.
Reviewed by kmmtbktz 10 / 10

Always good

Loved him in shrinking, He can play pure emotion and sadness. Loved him in Ted Lasso as Toy Kent. He's funny angry but thoughtful. All that and comedy stand up. He's brilliant! I would love to see more acting from him. He's already shown a wide range. He'd be scary in a thriller. Can't you see him menacing someone or perhaps an entire city with those world class caterpillars he sports for eyebrow? He's the whole package. Give him a break all you haters on his first comedy special. It's not like he wrote it all. He has a bright brilliant future and I for one look forward to seeing more of anything from him.
Reviewed by jdn-82931 6 / 10

fine comedy special

Brett Goldstein is an engaging, handsome and charismatic performer. This special had good pacing and some good jokes. If you like stand up, you'll find things to like in this stand up special. Overall I was amused and laughed out loud twice.I cannot score higher because the delivery of the jokes felt really awkward. Typically comics act as if they are telling the audience the jokes organically and naturally. This performance felt like a dress rehearsal that perhaps should not have been filmed. I don't know if this is his style or if he was just nervous. I did find this element to be distracting.
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