Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert (2008)

56% of critics liked it
(25 reviews)
61% of users liked it
(124 ratings)

Executive producer Dave Chappelle brings together three of the best comics in the Muslim world for the Official Muslim Comedy Tour, offering Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman, Mohammed Amer, and others the chance to prove that Albert Brooks might have made a few oversights while he was Looking for Comedy… More Executive producer Dave Chappelle brings together three of the best comics in the Muslim world for the Official Muslim Comedy Tour, offering Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman, Mohammed Amer, and others the chance to prove that Albert Brooks might have made a few oversights while he was Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Andrea Kalin
Written By: Mohammed Amer, Bryant Moss, Azhar Usman, Preacher Moss
Genres: Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy, Special Interest

In Theaters: Oct 3, 2008 Wide
Studio: Unity Productions Foundation

Critic Reviews

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
A performance documentary with a tiny budget and a big spirit that follows three comics as they travel the country looking for laughs and understanding.
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
It's hit-and-miss. But Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is a film that doesn't let go from the very first moment.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
The jokes are tepid and generic, better suited to late-night Comedy Central than the big screen.
Michael Ordoña, Chicago Tribune
It has the potential to be culturally bridging in its way, and that makes looking for Muslim comedy in the Western world worthwhile.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Between the sets, director Andrea Kalin generates some pleasant material by following the comics around in their private lives.
Laura Kern, New York Times
The title doesn't lie.
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat
The whole thing is like an HBO comedy special -- Allah made these guys pretty funny -- and it's hard to see why it's getting theatrical release.
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
The performers are amiable, but the material is only mildly amusing.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
A trio of Muslim Rodney Dangerfields complaining about not getting any respect on account of their religion.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
The package is a friendly, if lackluster, affair...
Evan Henerson, Los Angeles Daily News
Allah may have made these men funny, but he didn't bestow much in the way of filmmaking skills.
Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve
Kaifa taqoulu kalimat 'this is funny stuff!' bel arabia? (How do you say 'this is funny stuff' in Arabic?)
Tim Cogshell, Boxoffice Magazine
The title of this well-intentioned movie ought to have been, Allah Made Me "Occasionally" Funny: Live in Concert.
Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com
a pleasant and amusing ode to banality.
William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The routines are so clean they could have played on the Ed Sullivan show in the '50s -- which is refreshing and so old it seems new.