I strongly suggest walking out after his stand-up part finished so you can walk away from the theater with a smile and not a frown.īottom Line: Kevin Hart would have delivered a better movie if he extended his comedy and not try to become a Chappelle (his show was a hilarious underground phenomenon) or Rock by providing a skit. Third off, t was unnecessary and just all-around not funny. Second off, it broke the entire pace of the movie. First off the audience Hart appeals to will most likely not catch the references to Tarantino and Michael Mann filmmaking. The final skit however was absolute garbage.
And because of this, he had to throw in something extra so the movie doesn't feel like an extended television episode. While Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy (back in the day) can easily pull almost 2 hours of bits in one sitting, Hart doesn't have that ability-yet. By stamina I mean length of his actual stand-up. Kevin Hart's stamina isn't as long as Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and not even the likes of Dane Cook. Kevin Hart fans will not be disappointed.Īnd then there's the final third of the flick. The audience I was watching the movie with was eating up this performance they loved every second of it. The one evolution you'll see here when compared to his past work is that he likes to run his jokes now, constantly repeating some of them throughout the bits.
He talks a lot about his dysfunctional family (including an excellent bit about his infamous uncle that's a staple in his comedy), his sex life and impending divorce, and about financial lifestyle. His stand-up routine isn't his best, but still delivers. His stand-up here was definitely the best part of the movie, far more entertaining than the slightly egotistical but heartfelt intro in Philly, and much funnier than the awful skit that finishes the film. He is one of the better modern-day comedians, but still lacks the variety, stamina, and the slick substance of Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. Kevin Hart's comedy comes at the style of Bernie Mac, not afraid of humiliating himself while telling a plethora of amusing (and sometimes exaggerated) stories about his upbringings and his lifestyle. Laugh at My Pain consists of three acts: the first act being about Kevin Hart's tour of Philadelphia to the audience, the second act being his stand-up performance in Cali, and the final act being a random skit about robbing a bank. For others, you won't be converted to a fan from this material. However, this is a must-see for Kevin Hart fans. A lot of disjointed moments limited the rate of laughs from the audience to a point that the ending became quite sour.
Yes it was funny but it was a very disorganized film that prevented itself from being one of the better stand-up films-even though it was leagues under classics like Eddie Murphy's Raw and Richard Pryor's Live on the Sunset Strip. I strongly believe that it wasn't originally planned at the start of the tour because of the way the film turned out. In the midst of his tour they decided to make a film out of it. Kevin Hart has risen from underground sensation to a mainstream comedian with a massively successful tour that rivals that of Eddie Murphy's conquering of the 80s.
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