Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family Reviews
Even when some of his material has a "been there, heard that" sense to it, Griffin's outbursts of charisma help elevate the overall presentation.
| Original Score: 4/5 | May 25, 2004
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| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 18, 2004
Griffin's paean to beating your children is more than a little disturbing.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 6, 2003
Eddie notes he if had a gay son, he'd tie him to a bed and send in a whore every hour. "How can any father be proud of a having a gay son?" he asks bewilderedly.
| Jun 3, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 20, 2003
Having really enjoyed "Undercover Brother," I went out of my way to catch this film and ended up laughing so hard, I cried at times.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 16, 2003
| Original Score: 1/10 | Apr 13, 2003
For every bit that's flatly derivative ... there's another that connects.
| Original Score: B- | Apr 9, 2003
Offensive is easy. Daring takes brains. And brains seem to be in short supply here -- almost in as short supply as laughs and audiences.
| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 8, 2003
Interminable going, not only because the forward momentum of Griffin's stand-up is routinely interrupted by annoying side trips to visit his porno-loving uncle or his cringing mom, but also because Griffin's material just isn't that funny.
| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 7, 2003
Like those proverbial million monkeys with their typewriters, Griffin manages to get off a halfway-funny line every now and again.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2003
... Griffin's social commentary is just as piercing and hilarious as the autobiographical stuff.
Full Review | Apr 7, 2003
A fun if not particularly revelatory slice of entertainment, Griffin's concert film seems largely designed only to shock with vulgarity without searching for the deeper 'why' behind the jokes.
| Original Score: C+ | Apr 7, 2003
Griffin's keen wit, coupled with director Gallo's sense of pacing & alternating stage and offstage material makes this more than a concert film.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2003
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 5, 2003
Griffin's family is fascinating and real, and his comedy, while it can be caustic, has a positive spirit.
| Original Score: B+ | Apr 5, 2003
One of the funnier and, in an odd way, disturbing stand-up concert films in a long while.
| Apr 4, 2003
Highlights some of the best, and raunchiest, of [Griffin's] humor.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 4, 2003
Far too much of Griffin's routine is just that -- routine.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2003
The cross-cutting feels too casual and is mostly executed in a jarringly random fashion.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 4, 2003