The Last Laugh 2016 Watch Free in HD

Feature 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:

Documentary

Actors:

Renee Firestone, Klara Firestone, Gilbert Gottfried, Rob Reiner, Mel Brooks, Judy Gold, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, Robert Clary, Etgar Keret, Aaron Breitbart, ...»

Director:

Ferne Pearlstein

Country:

United States

Release:

2016

IMDb:

6.9

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Duration:

88 min

indieWire

Ferne 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.

March 09, 2017

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Metro

It remains an enlightening conversation. And the movie is that: a conversation, not a thesis erecting an argument.

March 10, 2017

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Nonfics

When 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.

May 09, 2017

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Los Angeles Times

At times haphazard but always involving ...

March 16, 2017

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Compuserve

Intriguing 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.

March 13, 2017

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Newark Star-Ledger

There are a lot of fascinating flashes.

March 03, 2017

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Film Threat

Sit 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.

March 23, 2017

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Arizona Republic

What's fascinating is the difference in perspectives.

March 09, 2017

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Village Voice

[An] insightfully open-ended inquiry into the role of humor as it relates to unspeakable tragedy.

March 03, 2017

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Paste Magazine

The Last Laugh is a multifaceted and extremely thought-provoking documentary about the place of comedy in contending with the Jewish genocide during WWII.

March 09, 2017

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4:3

Part 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.

April 01, 2017

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Christian Science Monitor

At 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.

March 24, 2017

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