Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 104 Fresh: 43 Rotten:61 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus:
Although the premise seems ripe for laughs, Albert Brooks isn't ruthless or clever enough to pull it off.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 20, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $758,098
Synopsis: Courting controversy even before it was released, Albert Brooks's LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD suffered a heady gestation period as the original distributor, Sony Pictures, balked at the title and refused to release it, leaving Warner Independent to pick up the reins. By using a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Penny Marshall, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney
Director: Albert Brooks
Screenwriter: Albert Brooks
Producer: Herb Nanas, Steve Bing
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Screenwriter: Albert Brooks
Producer: Herb Nanas, Steve Bing
Composer: Michael Giacchino
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02/03/07
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Brooks is going to India to shoot a movie (most of it filmed in New Delhi) about how to get laughs on foreign soil.
12/24/06
Looking for Comedy succeeds smashingly both as a comedy and as a savvy deconstruction of comedy.
11/27/06
In Albert Brooks's new film, we get another plausible explanation of why we fight -- and it may be the most unsettling of all.
11/11/06
The movie has a perversely unifying effect: Muslims, Christians and Jews may not be able to agree on exactly who the heck Jesus is, but they're fully capable of bonding in boredom.
10/07/06
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Those who like their humor wry and dry will be rewarded by a nuanced study of the way self-absorption can keep people disconnected, be they comedians, governments, or you and me.
09/27/06
Looking For Comedy in the Muslim World is full of Albert Brooks' trademark jokes and absurd scenarios.
08/29/06
Despite the potential for disaster Brooks sets up with the title, the movie is relatively harmless. It's just so very harmless that it doesn't make much of an impression.
08/29/06
Brooks é o tipo de comediante mais corajoso que existe: aquele que prefere ser considerado um fracasso pela maioria desde que, no processo, divirta alguns poucos que consigam compreender seu senso de humor sutil e auto-depreciativo.
05/28/06
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05/12/06
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Uses Middle Eastern stereotypes only to question what could be accomplished by foolishly sending Americans into a world we don't comprehend.
05/04/06
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02/23/06
Whether it was supposed to or not, it still falls uncharacteristically flat.
02/18/06
An essentially toothless affair, poking fun at American imperialism and its attendant cluelessness while never illuminating much beyond the obvious.
02/11/06
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Albert Brooks is in general a funny guy. Many of his films are really good, especially when he doesn't play himself.
02/11/06
I like all of Brooks's features, which are brilliantly conceptualized and deftly executed. This one's no exception, and some of the laughs are genuinely cathartic.
02/11/06
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Trailer Bulletin: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
posted by Scott Weinberg January 12, 2006
From Warner Indie and funnyman Albert Brooks comes a new comedy that looks like it could be equal parts clever, smart,...
posted by Scott Weinberg January 12, 2006
From Warner Indie and funnyman Albert Brooks comes a new comedy that looks like it could be equal parts clever, smart,...
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