Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Wanda Sykes, W. Kamau Bell and others give Gregory his due while the clips provide a fresh and gritty perspective on the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s.

| Sep 20, 2022

Gregory's story [is] both inspiring and fascinating.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 3, 2021

It's amazing to see all of these lives compressed into one film, and you get this magnificent tapestry of this incredibly complicated but incredibly gifted man.

| Jul 10, 2021

A very powerful, very moving portrait of him and his work.

| Jul 10, 2021

The film's title is apt: Gregory was one of a kind. But despite the film's argument that its subject's activism was part and parcel of his comedy, and not an afterthought, it's the jokes that are given short shrift here.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 9, 2021

Like its subject, The One and Only Dick Gregory makes an indelible mark in both history and entertainment.

| Jul 3, 2021

As we see in the rock-solid, thorough Showtime documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory, he lived up to that title with all of the aforementioned accomplishments...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 3, 2021

Even at feature length, The One and Only Dick Gregory offers only a portion of a life and career, but like all good biographies it may drive the viewer toward further research.

| Jul 2, 2021

What this portrait does so well is reorient our gaze away from the bustle of this packed, unplacid life back to the early chapters.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 2, 2021

A thoughtful film about a politically committed artist that doesn't short the politics or the art, but instead examines how one fueled the other.

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

You'll be floored by this man's complexity and goodness, his blazing wit and tireless spirit.

| Jul 2, 2021

Mr. Gaines occasionally loses confidence in his audience... Most of the time, though, The One and Only Dick Gregory is a memorable portrait, of someone whose story deserves to be better remembered.

| Jul 1, 2021

Along with some very funny footage of a master of his craft, it offers a convincing argument that while Gregory became famous for his comedy, what made him such a riveting cultural figure is what he did after he left it behind.

| Jul 1, 2021

The One and Only Dick Gregory highlights Gregory's particular knack for getting people to laugh with him, and more significantly, the sacrifices he made in pursuit of greater objectives than the roar of a crowd and that nightly paycheck.

| Jul 1, 2021

"The One and Only Dick Gregory" is relatively long for a docu, but it covers so much territory, it could have been a docu miniseries...

| Jul 1, 2021

This tried-and-true approach to documentary filmmaking is usually worthy of critique, but here it makes his radical singularity stand out even more.

| Jun 29, 2021

Kevin Hart, Lena Waithe and Andre Gaines provide a loving, yet realistic cinematic tribute to a man who used his comedy prowess to make a profound impact in the fight for Civil Rights and healthy living. It packs a powerful punch

| Jun 24, 2021

Finally, a groundbreaking humorist has been properly extolled.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 22, 2021

The film makes the case for Gregory as one of the more important figures in the history of American comedy

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 22, 2021