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04/27/06
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:32
Rotten:22
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: This documentary traces Franken's transformation from humorist to activist with entertaining, if uneven, results.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: From his USO tour in Iraq, to the studios of liberal radio network Air America and on the campaign trail, filmmakers Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus are granted entre to one of the most effective... [More]
Starring: Al Franken, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Michael Medved
Director: Nicholas Doob, Chris Hegedus
Reviews for Al Franken: God Spoke
Fans of Franken as a comedian and/or as an Air America radio host, will find plenty to enjoy.
09/20/06
...there is enough funny stuff transpiring that even some non-fans will be entertained.
09/22/06
Often entertaining.
10/06/06
Top CriticThe filmmakers capture Franken's gradual transformation from cool satirist to impassioned activist in what turns out to be a vérité amble through a pivotal year in his life.
09/21/06
Top CriticA portrait of a passionate, witty, occasionally thin-skinned man.
09/21/06
A humorous, but more importantly illustrative, documentary about the weight of the media -- especially the comedic media -- on the last presidential election.
09/18/07
Offers a portrait of this complex man that is -- dare we say it? -- fair and balanced.
09/21/06
The film is worth seeing for footage of Bill O’Reilly seeking sympathy from Ann Coulter, who makes maternal noises with a mischievous glint in her eye.
09/14/06
A sketchy but often entertaining record of satirist Al Franken's campaign to counteract what he perceives to be a right-wing conspiracy of lies and disinformation.
09/28/06
Franken handles everything with his inimitable sense of humor, which helps his message go down much smoother.
09/12/06
Though not as thorough as War Room, docu is still highly entertaining and poignant, if not too critical or deep, offering a portrait of a new kind of American folk hero, more iconoclastic (not to mention witty and charming) than Michael Moore.
08/29/06
The scope ought to be narrowed, but the film is still pretty entertaining in places, owing to Franken's intelligence and quick wit.
03/25/06
Entertaining cinéma-vérité piece
03/01/07
Franken is a master and we need someone like him to both laugh at and pound his fist at the other side for their own God-like attitudes that what they say is the spoken, written and final word on the subject.
03/09/06
The film only sporadically succeeds in providing biographical information or thematic depth, but Franken is such a witty and thoughtful presence that these flaws don't matter greatly.
07/06/06
Top CriticA documentary about the comedian and satirist who sees himself as a leftward leaning crusader for Truth and Justice in an era of Lying Liars.
11/05/06
Proves to be an illuminating (if perhaps unintended) demonstration of how hard it is to keep one's sense of humor when mixing it up in the political mainstream.
09/14/06
As a record of the Al Franken you already know and love, Hegedus and Doob's rather slapdash movie is fun.
10/10/06
This uncritical bio-pic presents Al as more of an intellectual on a mission than a funnyman in search of laughs, leaving one to wonder whether the purpose here was to makeover Al into a political figure for his rumored run for the U.S. Senate.
04/27/07
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