Hysterical may initially seem like a loose collection of jokes and anecdotes, but the power of the film comes through when you realize it has a tightly-defined structure.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 17, 2022

The lack of commentary around the conditions of grimy comedy clubs and sleazy managers makes the film all the more insightful, made even better thanks to insight from comedic legends Margaret Cho, Marina Franklin and Fortune Feimster, among others.

| Aug 13, 2021

In a documentary that overwhelmingly features white cis women, there's little room left to explore what comedy is like for women who hold multiple marginalized identities... Despite its flaws, Hysterical makes a few smart moves.

| May 13, 2021

If you're not already a comedy nerd and need an awakening, this is a good start.

| Apr 12, 2021

It's quite a skill to impart profound messages while making people crack up, and these comedians are highly skilled.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 5, 2021

It's a film that's worth watching by anyone who enjoys talented stand-up comedians and people who speak their own truths unapologetically.

| Apr 3, 2021

Even a comedy dabbler will, I think, find this vague mess frustrating, shallow, and amateurish.

| Apr 2, 2021

It's achingly hilarious at times, these ladies are really funny, but the constant undertone of active, open, traditional sexism smarts.

| Apr 2, 2021

Dedicated "to all the women who ever braved the stage," Hysterical is a refreshing look at the world of stand-up comedy from the women's point of view.

| Apr 2, 2021

Brave women speak out, and it's refreshing to hear their honesty--yet shocking as this is 2021.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 2, 2021

Hear them roar. And hear us roar in return - with laughter.

| Apr 1, 2021

Nevins instead hopes her film will serve as a nourishing broth extracted from the wisdom of veteran comics and newcomers alike. Frankly, though, I wanted something a little meatier.

| Apr 1, 2021

Griffin and Cho are highly composed and insightful here. Who would have thought these outrageous comics would someday be so sage?

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 1, 2021

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins' documentary is a fierce, frustrating, and utterly amazing look at the strength of women comics.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 1, 2021

Sexism is woven into stand-up and there's no easy or clean way to grapple with a problem so large and pervasive.

| Original Score: B | Mar 30, 2021

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I feel like most women will. Maybe some guys, too, but if they don't, whatever.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 24, 2021

Hysterical keeps it mostly light, playing like one of the VH1 or M온라인카지노추천 talking-heads commentary shows.

| Mar 19, 2021

I wish they had interviews with big names...but the ladies they do talk with are funny and I enjoyed hearing their stories

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 17, 2021

At just under 90 minutes, Hysterical is only a small lens into the world of the women in stand-up comedy.

| Mar 16, 2021

"It's not that women aren't funny, it's that women weren't allowed to express themselves," says Iliza Shlesinger. Hysterical offers its subjects the opportunity to do just that, and the results speak for themselves.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 16, 2021