Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

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This documentary follows one year in the life of Joan Rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a comedienne/writer just an extension of being an actress. Now at age 75, Rivers has faced her ups and downs in her forty plus year career, the year leading up to filming being a down compared to what she would have wanted, which is a calendar full of engagements with several engagements each day. That want is in part to support her opulent persona... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work:

Joan Rivers
Melissa Rivers
Kathy Griffin
Don Rickles

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This documentary follows one year in the life of Joan Rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a comedienne/writer just an extension of being an actress. Now at age 75, Rivers has faced her ups and downs in her forty plus year career, the year leading up to filming being a down compared to what she would have wanted, which is a calendar full of engagements with several engagements each day. That want is in part to support her opulent personal lifestyle, but is more a need to bolster her own sense of self-worth as a basically insecure person who is probably best known now for her overuse of cosmetic surgery rather than her professional work. She feels that Kathy Griffin, who she admires, is now getting all the engagements she would have gotten in her prime. During this year, Rivers is seen going from engagement to engagement, some big - such as a Kennedy Center Honors for George Carlin, a double bill with Don Rickles in New York, and her own celebrity roast on Comedy Central (which she really isn't looking forward to) - and some not so big. But perhaps the most important of these to her is the opening of her new play, which she is testing in Edinburgh, important in that she wants to be seen as an actress; and an appearance on a celebrity version of The Apprentice (2004), important in that it will mark her first appearance on NBC since being blacklisted by them for her disagreement with Johnny Carson over the start of her own talk show on rival Fox back in 1989. Through the year, several long time supporters are at her side, including daughter Melissa Rivers, personal assistant 'Jocelyn Pickett', and manager Bill Sammeth, but all is not smooth even in this part of her life.

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Entertainment Weekly - 10/10 by Owen GleibermanShe's a teller of hilarious gutbucket truths as surely as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor ever were. Yet while they were consumed by their demons, Rivers is just the opposite.
NewsBlaze - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsA sobering deconstruction of an enduring showbiz career by an introspective icon whose been at it non-stop since '66.
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Mick LaSalleIt's one of the best documentaries ever made about show business, about what it really consists of and what it demands.
NYC Movie Guru - 10/10 by Avi OfferA gut-bustingly funny, endearing and unflinchingly honest documentary that finds just the right balance between entertaining the audience and provoking them intellectually as well as emotionally.
Metromix.com - 9/10 by Matt PaisA wonderful microcosm of the peaks and valleys of life in showbiz, and a truly surprising film that may turn some viewers' hatred of Rivers into respect, if not fondness.
Baltimore Magazine - 9/10 by Max WeissYou will leave this film remembering that Joan Rivers is one very funny woman (albeit a vulgar one). You will also see her as a woman of great strength, a true show biz survivor.
Laramie Movie Scope - 9/10 by Robert RotenI had no idea how hard she works and how funny she is. Show business may be easy for some people, but it is tough for Joan Rivers.
Urban Cinefile - 9/10 by Andrew L. UrbanIf you want an insight into human nature, stand up comedy and stand up comedians are a great looking glass, as long as you're prepared for all that pain. All great comedy is cruel, and Joan Rivers does cruel really well
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9/10 by Duane DudekThe film shows that she is vulnerable, professionally calculating and, except for the people who work for her, alone.
Entertainment Spectrum - 9/10 by Keith CohenThe audience will feel like a fly on the wall in a no-holds-barred approach in which no topic is off limits. The filmmakers condensed more than a year of footage into 84 fascinating minutes...

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