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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
"Flamboyant exhibitionism and stoic masochism have rarely been more visibly wired together in a performer’s dynamo than in this funny, complex portrait, onstage and off, of comedian Joan Rivers. No celebrity flunkies, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg spent a year – her 75th – filming the doyenne of bad-mouthed women’s stand-up. She begins the movie so out of work she claims she’d knock out her own teeth to be cast in a denture ad. We watch as she fills up a blank appointment book and has a ball. But observe her sang froid the morning after an adoring audience have lapped up her show, as she has her assistant spell out every withering review: you might learn a lot about cruelty and pain, guts and survival in showbiz." (New Zealand International Film Festival 2010)
Starring Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Kathy Griffin, Jocelyn Pickett, Billy Sammeth, Don Rickles, Dennis Leary, Lily Tomlin
Directed by Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg ('The End of America', 'The Devil Came on Horseback', 'The Trials of Darryl Hunt')
Documentary | 1hr 25mins | Rated (M) | contains offensive language, sexual references | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Fascinating and has a lot of laughs in it.
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Hollywood Reporter
A highly entertaining documentary revealing a serious talent behind the one-note present-day reputation.
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Los Angeles Times
She is by turns blue, bitter, hilarious, unbroken; a Hollywood-style portrait in infinite ambition. In that role, Rivers is unforgettable.
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New York Times
This convulsively funny movie takes an up-close and sometimes queasy-personal approach to its motormouth subject, who, when she's not making you howl with laughter (or freeze up in horror), brandishes her deeply held hurts, fears, prejudices, poor judgment and bad taste as if they were stigmata.
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NZ Herald (Peter Calder)
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Hilarious, disturbing and brilliant.An unflinching look at a desperate Joan Rivers makes compelling viewing.
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Rolling Stone (USA)
There's not a timid, sympathy-begging minute in it. Even better, you leave Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work with the exhilarating feeling that the lady is just hitting her stride.
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Variety (USA)
Mixing hilarious standup footage with admiring if not exactly cuddlesome behind-the-scenes glimpses.
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