Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

Biography / Comedy / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 2461 2.5K

Director

Richard Pryor Photo
Richard Pryor

Top cast

Beau Starr Photo
Beau Starr as Vito
Mike Genovese Photo
Mike Genovese as Gino
Ken Foree Photo
Ken Foree as Big Jake
Charlie Dell Photo
Charlie Dell as John #1
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896.89 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 3
1.62 GB
1920*804
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 14
4.38 GB
3840*1604
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 7 / 10

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling is a worthwhile journey through a troubled man's life

I recently watched Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling (1986) on Tubi. The storyline follows a famous comedian who nearly dies from a drug overdose. As he hovers between life and death, his life flashes before him. We follow his journey throughout his life and through his near-death experience.This film is directed by and stars Richard Pryor (Harlem Nights), and also features Deborah Kaye Allen (Fame), Art Evans (Die Hard 2), Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers), and Barbara Williams (White House Down).While this movie was just okay overall, the storyline was smart, well-written, and well-executed. It serves as a good warning. The characters felt authentic and were well portrayed. The relationships throughout the movie are sad but feel genuine. The comedy routines are hit or miss, but it's always fun to watch Pryor. The antics are predictable yet over the top. The ending is very good and makes the journey worthwhile.In conclusion, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling is a worthwhile journey through a troubled man's life. I would score this a 6.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
Reviewed by damianphelps 7 / 10

Sad And Funny

Its as close to an autobiography as you can get without it being one. Its sad, somewhat pathetic but beautiful and funny as well.I hadn't watch Prior for a while so it was nice to step back into his comedic groove and revel in what made him so great.The man was a legend :)
Reviewed by pmtelefon 7 / 10

A near miss.

I've always enjoyed "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" but it does have more than its fair share of flaws. The movie just doesn't work as well as it should have. Maybe Richard Pryor should have handed the direction off to a seasoned veteran rather than trying to do it himself. I don't know. The alter-ego stuff works well in some scenes and not that well in others. Visually the alter-ego is almost never convincing. "Jo Jo Dancer" is well acted but it seems to be longer than it actually is. The scenes with young Jo Jo are great. The "accident" scene is heartbreaking. Much of the stand up stuff isn't that good, especially Jo Jo's strip scene (ouch). I still watch this movie from time to time but it's just not completely satisfying. (I saw "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" in the theater when it first came out.)
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