Pros: quietly satirical; story; good chemistry, especially between Brooks and Sheth Cons: misleading title will draw wrong audience; may be too satirical for some to appreciate
Last month while reading Jihad Incorporated, I was inspired to reach out to young Muslims with reviews of books, movies and music that will encourage them to appreciate the beauty of their tolerant religion embraced by the majority of mature Muslims. ...
Pros: Brooks. The clever concept and actress Sheetal Sheth. Cons: Not for all tastes. Some missed opportunities not explored.
Albert Brooks is the comic equivalent of an off-balance tight rope walker working without a net above a cage of hungry abused lions for an audience bored enough they are actually hoping he falls. Yet every 4 or 5 years he writes, directs and stars in ...
Pros: Albert Brooks plays Albert Brooks• Brooks jokes• Brooks in Indian costume Cons: Plot threads underdeveloped/left undeveloped • pat ending
Your mother still thinks Muslim is a fabric. On the final day of the 2005 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), I crawled out of bed criminally early (0620), swung across town in a public bus, crossed the creek on an abra (motorized wooden ...
Pros: A real treat for Brooks buffs and fans of thoughtful comedy Cons: Might be too "inside" for many viewers
Albert Brooks does comedy that's so on-target, it doesn't feel like comedy. In an age where comedians practically beat you over the head with their gags, Brooks' style is like those old MAD Magazine cartoons that were in the margins of the pages. ...
Pros: Brooks is back... Cons: ...with not a lot going on.
I really wanted to see Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (LFCITMW) when it was in theaters. But where it was playing is another question since this movie barely registered anywhere as just a blip on the radar screen. So when I finally watched ...
Pros: There are some funny moments, maybe three very funny moments. Cons: Could have used editing. Albert Brooks needs another comic to play off of, too labored.
The opening sequence of this movie was hysterical. Actually that's truly the way to open anything, with your best material. Of course anything that involves Penny Marshall, well say what you want, but the woman has comedic timing and is very funny. ...
Pros: Albert Brooks and his band of characters Cons: Forgettable; doesn't make a statement.
Albert Brooks is a fairly well-known comedian-actor-writer-producer
-director
of fairly well known movies like “Mother” and “Lost in America.” He was nominated for an Academy award but that’s not important. What is important is that...
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