August 22, 2008
sorta like an american borat... but not really
Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Emma Lockhart
The U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
Stats: 347 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (347)
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March 8, 2008This might have been funnier had I smoked hashish like the Pakistani's did.
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May 6, 2007Albert Brooks is one of those actor-writer-directors who definitely hits and misses. Like Lost in America, this movie is mostly a hit. I laughed very hard for periods of time in this pseudo-documentary about Brooks' US government sponsored search to determine, in a 500-p...( read more)
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February 18, 2007Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World had a few laughable bits, but it probably could have been funnier. The concept sounds better than it actually is, but watch it if it just happens to be on; you might get a few kicks out of it.
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November 7, 2006Brooks fails to bridge that crucial sar-chasm that transcends any language barrier.
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April 29, 2009Just watched this again, and from most of what I read this a tragically misunderstood film. This is classic Albert Brooks humor. I almost get the impression that many viewers expected the film would actually explore the culture of "comedy in the Muslim world." That's not the p...( read more)
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January 22, 2009albert brooks is a bad actor. he should hire a real protagobist to do that...
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November 30, 2008Not one of Albert Brooks best movie but it still has enough good parts to at least check it out. Brooks plays himself as he is picked by the government to go to Pakistan & India to find out what makes the Muslims laugh and to write a 500 page report about what he finds. He is usu...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
October 7, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
January 21, 2006
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
[A] big fat, well-intentioned vanity project. full review
January 19, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Anyone who can mine so many laughs from the world in which we live since 9/11 deserves applause. full review
January 19, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Albert Brooks takes his anxious, cerebral act on the road, to India and Pakistan. There's great satiric potential, but most of it is squandered after a hilarious opening.
January 19, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Brooks is a master of ingratiating comic self-deprecation. He has a magical ability to make his foibles endearing without letting his character off the hook. Call him the Schnooky American. full review
January 19, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I liked the movie. I smiled a lot. It maintained its tone in the face of bountiful temptations to get easy laughs. full review
January 11, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
That's Brooks' comic gift: He knows how to make a laugh stick in your throat. full review
December 23, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Dumped by its original distributor because of its title, Albert Brooks's Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World should, instead, have been ditched for not being very funny. full review
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