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The Aristocrats (2005)
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Shelley Berman, Lewis Black, David Brenner
DVD Info
Release:
Jul 2, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Closed Captioned - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - Paul Provenza, Penn Jilette - Stars
- Behind the Scenes - Behind the Green Room Door
- Featurettes - 1. For Johnny Carson
- 2. Be an Aristocrat
- Extended Scenes
Reviews
The film has the feel of a long and fascinating chat rather than a formal thesis. But if it feels a little self-congratulatory at times, that's a small price to pay.
Frequently amusing documentary with an impressive array of talking heads, though the joke wears thin way before the end of the film.
Hilariously, uncontrollably funny. And overwhelmingly obscene.
Its very about-itself unimportance is what makes it a liberating experience for its own sake.
...the brilliant Sarah Silverman transcends the mean-spirited nature of the joke...
Vile, vulgar and occasionally funny, The Aristocrats is literally a one joke movie%u2026 I was bored...
... The Aristocrats proves that sometimes you don’t have to be a great filmmaker to make a great documentary.
A brilliant solution to the eternal problem of how to discuss the creative process behind comedy without becoming boring.
Mesmo que repetitivo ao procurar analisar o significado social da graça da piada e contendo algumas performances terrivelmente medíocres, o filme ganha um fôlego invejável sempre que algum comediante inspirado surge em cena.
Laughs of discomfort or of the 'ewwww gross' variety are not really the same as good hearty laughs. You'll need a shower afterwards.
It's not just a joke for the john, it's a joke for an entire sewage system.
There's an unevenness to the film, and, frankly, I rarely found it funny, but I never found it less than fascinating and invariably entertaining.
For those of us who can handle a heaping helping of shock talk, the reward of The Aristocrats lie in our ability to focus a critical spotlight on ourselves.
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