Misery Loves Comedy

2015

Comedy / Documentary

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1352 1.4K

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Plot summary

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.

Director

Kevin Pollak Photo
Kevin Pollak

Top cast

Tom Hanks Photo
Tom Hanks as Self - Interviewee
Kevin Nealon Photo
Kevin Nealon as Self - Interviewee
Penn Jillette Photo
Penn Jillette as Self - Interviewee
Scott Aukerman Photo
Scott Aukerman as Self - Interviewee
720p.WEB
866.12 MB
1280*716
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by franceshaworth-40037 5 / 10

Do the documentary makers not think women are funny?

I was excited to watch this documentary since the topic seemed promising and fun. However, the overwhelming imbalance between male and female comedians interviewed was so distracting that I couldn't finish it. It almost feels like the filmmakers believe women aren't funny, as they overlooked so many well-known and hilarious female comedians. If you're someone who believes that women aren't funny (or only a select few are) this documentary might appeal to you.It's disappointing because, with more diversity, this could have been an excellent film. There were some genuinely entertaining moments, but the lack of representation just completely overshadowed them.
Reviewed by drewpal-79654 5 / 10

Missing!

I'm sorry but where was Eddie Murphy in this. He did 2 of the greatest stand up videos of the 80s if not of all time that I show to my kids as a rite of passage when they hit puberty and like Pryor he broke racial and PC boundaries and not even mentioned in this show! Travesty! Seeing a different side of comedians was truly interesting and hearing about the narcissism aspect from Amy Schumer was one of the only resonating factors to show true insight and as per usual female comedians as with other minorities totally underrepresented (Joan Rivers dead but could have been mentioned) and just to confirm I am a WASP. And where was Louis CK. Maybe he asked for too much money. Not sure how all these comedians were procured but some of the greats not evident which was a disappointment but on a positive note they did show some Poms and Aussies.
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