For all of Rock's fealty to hard fact and the disenchantments of experience, "Tamborine" is most exciting, and most unlike anything he's done before, when he gropes toward transformation.

| Dec 27, 2018

[Rock's] willingness to derail the laughs shows a newfound vulnerability-all before he brings the act safely back to a funny zone.

| Nov 20, 2018

Chris Rock returns to us with things to say and share, with humor that serves as a nice respite as we ourselves march on and endure.

| Aug 29, 2018

Rock now recognizes the importance of learning life lessons and accepting cold hard truths about himself... That's something some of his peers and those who look up to him in comedy would be wise to listen to and heed.

| Feb 20, 2018

Rock, in every 온라인카지노추천 special he's ever released, manages to touch on a topic in a way, and with a fervor and intelligence, I end up remembering long afterward.

| Feb 20, 2018

Repackaged, Rock's set could actually make for a Peterson-style self help guide - Rock's Rules for Life.

| Feb 16, 2018

Tamborine is as intimate as it is ridiculous, and although the content of Rock's material drives this home when it needs to, the special is always ready to assist him when necessary.

| Feb 16, 2018

This is Rock in extreme close-up, in a more intimate venue than stadiums of the past.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 15, 2018

Rock has thus made his most personal special without ever getting that personal - a testament to his talents, not a criticism of them.

| Feb 14, 2018

There are a few missteps...but at a time when legendary stand-ups are using their multimillion dollar Netflix specials to reveal how out of touch they are with today, Rock remains as potent as ever.

| Feb 14, 2018

There's pain in the jokes and it's gripping watching a man bare his soul on stage; a marked step up from the first half of Tamborine that doesn't seem to really have one.

| Feb 14, 2018

It's more of a therapeutic release than anything else, and if you're in the mood to just release it all with a grin, then Tamborine is crucial.

| Feb 14, 2018

While he may have been brought low as a husband and father, Rock's powers as a comedian have not been diminished.

| Feb 14, 2018

Tamborine is more of a look at what can be rather than what is. Looking to the future isn't what we're used to, but there are few better masters of the form to help offer a way forward.

| Feb 14, 2018

The energy is different, but Rock is still very funny and occasionally still provocative, if only because the culture has shifted in recent years.

| Feb 14, 2018

Tamborine is rife with political humor and pointed observations on race in Rock's usual style, but the special is mostly about Rock himself, a self-reflective piece in which he owns up to his mistakes.

| Feb 14, 2018

Tamborine never goes too dark, nor does Rock ever truly blur the line between stand-up set and therapy session...he never loses sight of the comedy - even as he distributes the hard-earned wisdom that comes from regret.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 14, 2018

[Tamborine] sees Rock addressing his self-selected smaller audience with both less volume and more intimacy.

| Original Score: B | Feb 14, 2018

He has honed this material, beefing up jokes and cutting out fat, and his comedy has become tighter, funnier if also slicker, shifting from a story of a comic struggling with demons to one describing how he once was lost and now he's found.

| Feb 14, 2018

There's a new world order out there. Looks like Chris Rock -- yes, Rock -- got the memo, too.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2018