The Aristocrats Critic Reviews

Obscene, disgusting, vulgar and vile, The Aristocrats might be the funniest movie you'll ever see.Read the full review

The Aristocrats -- the movie, not the joke -- is a working demonstration of the pleasures of the profane.Read the full review

The Aristocrats has a lot of laughs, but as it giggles and blasphemes its way into areas not so far removed from the scandalous landscape of the Marquis de Sade, the movie, funny as it is, becomes exhausting and a bit depressing.Read the full review

It works on the mind as well as the funny bone and the gag reflex.Read the full review

A raucous insider documentary that invites the viewer to share a secret held exclusively by comics for untold generations.Read the full review

There is a special kind of pleasure in hearing jokes that have no redeeming social value. I'd like to think that this IS their social value-an invitation to free the mind.Read the full review

Under normal circumstances, nothing kills a joke faster than trying to explain it. Yet here, such examination is the film's strong suit and provides much-needed respite, quite frankly, from the exhaustion of constant laughter.Read the full review

A documentary that dissects the essence of comedy as well as showcases outrageous improvisational humor.Read the full review

A one-joke documentary stretched, with surprising success, to full length.Read the full review