Fresh
This behind the scenes, behind the makeup, behind the plastic surgery documentary catches Rivers hard at work, ridiculously hard at work.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
2010 · 1h 24m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Ricki Stern
,
Anne Sundberg
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Overview
A documentary on the life and career of Joan Rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The new documentary on Joan Rivers is so in your face, so fraught with harrowing, oversized personal stuff, you might want to get a theatre seat a couple of rows behind where you normally sit, to safely take it all in.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Welcome to the on-screen psychoanalysis of Joan Rivers, of which she seems equal parts willing participant and antagonist.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
Acting is about honesty, and there's something evasive about both this film and its subject.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
A compulsively watchable look at Rivers, show business and the price one pays to try to continue succeeding in it.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
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