16 April 2018

Funny Cow, 2017 - ★★★

Great performances, enjoyable cameos and some interesting structural choices but the Funny Cow ends up being less than the sum of the parts.
It wasn't the film I was expecting and I was surprised how little focus there was on the stand up comedy - it's almost as if she could have been doing any job. I also can see why some people may be offended by some of the choices of material, I was left wondering why one joke was used for a breakthrough moment. I think the film is only trying to reflect the sexist/racist/homophobic attitudes of the times but it treads a fine line any may be too much for some.

April 16, 2018 at 09:15PM

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