AltWeeklies Wire
Who's Laughing?new
Albert Brooks looks for comedy and comes up empty.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
01-23-2006 |
Reviews
Coming Up Emptynew
Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
01-19-2006 |
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Bombing in the Muslim Worldnew
The film leaves us knowing no more about Muslims at the end than we did going in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Our Man in New Delhinew
Albert Brooks neither bombs nor kills in his latest film.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
01-19-2006 |
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Open Sesamenew
They don’t give out awards for best titles, otherwise Albert Brooks’s Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World would be in the running. Instead, all it got him was trouble with the studio.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-19-2006 |
Movies
The Sting of Comedynew
Albert Brooks talks about finding the funny, apartment hunting in Bahrain and how shitty the movie business is.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Delhi Laughsnew
A funny thing happened on the way to the mosque -- Brooks gets lost in translation.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-18-2006 |
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