Richard Pryor - Here and Now

Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (4,192 ratings)

This entry in Pryor's comedy-concert film series, Richard Pryor: Here and Now goes so far as to include hecklers who bedevil Pryor all through his performance. The most memorable bits involve Pryor's R-rated comments regarding the Reagan administration; the concert was filmed in New Orleans.… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Pryor
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 28, 1983 Limited
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

    A disappointment, especially since it's the last full-tilt concert film of the funniest man in history.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Lidando com uma platéia irritantemente participativa, Pryor demonstra seu domínio de palco e, através de monólogos reveladores, faz importantes comentários sociais repletos de humor. Destaque para o monólogo do junkie.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Some of Pryor's greatest late-heyday stand-up.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    I love Richard Pryor and I love his other famous stand up routines but for me, the crowd and the heckling really spoiled Here and Now for me. There weren't even any good heckles, people just shouted out really stupid things and it was hard to ignore. I'm not sure being… More

  • Burger S


    Not as good as either of his previous comedy specials, but there is no such thing as bad Richard Pryor stand-up.

  • Barry L


    The man was a comic great.

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