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The Last Laugh
TrailerFeature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.Genre: DocumentaryActors: Renee Firestone, Klara Firestone, Gilbert Gottfried, Rob Reiner, Mel Brooks, Judy Gold, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, Robert Clary, Etgar Keret, Aaron Breitbart, ...»Director: Ferne PearlsteinCountry: United StatesDuration: 88 minQuality: HDRelease: 2016IMDb: 6.80 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Christian Science MonitorMarch 24, 2017At a time when many of us look to comedy to keep us sane, the question is especially pertinent, although the answers here aren't especially penetrating.
indieWireMarch 09, 2017Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh is a rather safe and genteel documentary about the limits of humor (especially as they pertain to the Holocaust), but it opens with a subtly provocative sequence of events that's hard to shake.
Village VoiceMarch 03, 2017[An] insightfully open-ended inquiry into the role of humor as it relates to unspeakable tragedy.
NonficsMay 09, 2017When it floats away from its star talent, The Last Laugh becomes a viciously humane work, on a journey as vigorous as any contemplated by D.A. Pennebaker and his sort.
4:3April 01, 2017Part of the film's charm is in its reluctance to sit on one side of the fence, and it instead acknowledges the plurality of experiences and interpretations.
Film ThreatMarch 23, 2017Sit down with The Last Laugh and have the last laugh over those who committed horrors in the past, are doing so now, and will in future.
CompuserveMarch 13, 2017Intriguing in that it lays out the case that we can now make jokes about the Holocaust and lets the viewers decide for themselves whether they've made the point.
MetroMarch 10, 2017It remains an enlightening conversation. And the movie is that: a conversation, not a thesis erecting an argument.
Paste MagazineMarch 09, 2017The Last Laugh is a multifaceted and extremely thought-provoking documentary about the place of comedy in contending with the Jewish genocide during WWII.
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