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10/06/06
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
Often entertaining.
10/06/06
Top CriticWhat this documentary lacks in intent, insight, and surprise it makes up for in thoroughness.
10/06/06
A fascinating combination of class clown and fact-happy debate-club president, Franken nonetheless makes for a compelling subject, but God Spoke veers uncomfortably into hagiography, especially as it winds down.
10/06/06
Franken doesn't allow the knee-jerk predictability of his liberal pronouncements to deflate the great gasbag that he becomes as the movie proceeds.
10/05/06
Most of this doc is content to wander through Franken's recent show-biz resume, to no particular end.
10/05/06
What is notable about the film is that, despite the fact that it is centered on Franken, filmmakers Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus let everyone have their say, even if Franken gets the usually quite funny last word.
09/29/06
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
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09/23/06
...there is enough funny stuff transpiring that even some non-fans will be entertained.
09/22/06
The 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
Offers a portrait of this complex man that is -- dare we say it? -- fair and balanced.
09/21/06
Existing in the moment without inquiry or challenge, cinéma vérité fosters exactly the sort of refusal to think beyond the immediate that this film criticizes in right-wing dittoheads.
09/21/06
Fans of Franken as a comedian and/or as an Air America radio host, will find plenty to enjoy.
09/20/06
But Kerry did not win, and for Franken fans, the target audience here, the memory of that event may hurt too much to laugh.
09/15/06
When he's on, he's hot, and when he's not, he's not.
09/15/06
The movie never gets around to answering its central question: namely, why has Mr. Franken decided to go to Washington?
09/14/06
This slice of Franken's life feels just a bit on the slight side, but the fact it leaves you wanting more is a credit to his casual charm and snarky humor.
09/14/06
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
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