The Aristocrats
The Aristocrats - A documentary about a foul joke that spanned back to the Vaudeville era involving a family (and a dog) fecal matter, and lots of other stuff. Simply put, the Aristocrats delivers the foul. But not necessarily the funny. Comedians like George Carlin, Robin Williams and Bob Saget made me laugh, but other comedians simply left me cold, because they kept delivering more of the same. This movie is a prime example of too much of a good thing. Vulgarity must be used sparingly to be effective. It's all a wave of crap and piss and blood otherwise. John Stewart and Bill Mahr were better (and made me laugh, as they always do). They didn't actually tell the joke. If you rent the movie, watch a little of it. Then go to some of the DVD features. Those are better and funnier. Simply put, the Aristocrats is a movie that has comedians talking about a joke, and they're funny when the do, but when they tell the joke, it's just not funny. And the two camera editing is irritating as hell.
Interesting idea but inside jokes do not work for mass viewing, The Aristocrats gets a
C+.
Interesting idea but inside jokes do not work for mass viewing, The Aristocrats gets a
C+.