The Life of Reilly is a tender tale of semi-triumph.
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11/30/07
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Life of Reilly (2007)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:39
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: The Life of Reilly is a humorous and endearing look at the late comedian.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: Beloved late actor Charles Nelson Reilly headlines his one man show SAVE IT FOR THE STAGE: THE LIFE OF REILLY in this filmed performance. The frequent TONIGHT SHOW guest reveals everything from his... [More]
Reviews for Life of Reilly
In this rippingly entertaining documentary of Reilly's celebrated autobiographical monologue Save It for the Stage, the unfailingly witty, shamelessly bitchy Reilly gets to set the record straight about a number of things.
11/30/07
The Life of Reilly pays fitting homage to a man who deserves to be remembered for much more than just trading double-entendres with Brett Somers on The Match Game.
11/29/07
Anyone expecting epicene camp or gossip about Gene Rayburn and Fannie Flagg will not know what hit them.
11/29/07
I love this movie.I don't say those four words often, so I had to put them first. And isolate them ... a postmortem revelation as much as a perfect swansong.
11/17/07
[Reilly] looks frail but holds the audience spellbound in Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson's valuable record of the final performance of the autobiographical show that he toured for five years.
11/16/07
One could say there are two kinds of people: those who appreciate Charles Nelson Reilly, and those who don't know enough about him. This engaging documentary will charm the former and educate the latter.
11/16/07
This charming, bittersweet 90-minute monologue consists of the actor telling tales of his childhood and early years, when he was an ugly duckling from an uglier family.
11/16/07
Thank goodness Frank L. Anderson and Barry Poltermann decided to document actor and TV personality Charles Nelson Reilly's autobiographical one-man show.
11/16/07
Written by Reilly and Paul Linke, the film is both revealing and evasive. You want to know more about his personal life than you ever find out.
11/16/07
Save It for the Stage, a one-man stage show by Charles Nelson Reilly, a showbiz gadfly and Tony Award-winning theater director.
11/16/07
Top CriticFor a performer who turned banter into an art form, Reilly's stage production, Save It for the Stage, was the ideal vehicle for his autobiography.
11/15/07
Even abridged, The Life Of Reilly is spellbinding.
11/15/07
An exuberant story it is, at least as digested and heightened in this truncated performance, filmed before an audience at the end of the show's L.A. engagement.
11/15/07
Warm and hilarious... the bittersweet milestones play like a Spalding Gray monologue loosened up with a few shots of tequila.
11/13/07
Occasionally you see a documentary and it hits you how much you don’t know about someone who was part of your mental landscape. Charles Nelson Reilly didn’t arouse much of anything in me, but he does in The Life of Reilly.
11/12/07
The funniest and most poignant documentary of the year is The Life of Reilly, the final will and testament of the great Charles Nelson Reilly.
11/11/07
Assembled from Reilly's final performance of Save It for the Stage in North Hollywood, Life of Reilly is as charming and disarmingly affecting as the man himself.
11/09/07
Makes a fitting legacy for a showbiz trooper who refused to fade quietly away.
11/09/07
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