Women Aren't Funny

2014
5.5| 1h19m| en
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Comedian Bonnie McFarlane dons her investigative journalist's hat to find out once and for all if women are funny and report her unbiased findings in what some are calling the most important documentary of our generation.

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Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
jake2034 To be quite honest, if this documentary was handled by someone else, it might have been interesting. But, this wasn't so much a question of if women are funny, but rather is Bonnie funny? And frankly, I think not. The "Do you recognize me?" and "Maria, add me to your funny ladies page" scenes are a little sad. Are women funny? Sure, probably equal to the percentage of men that are funny.It's hard to say it's unbiased when she's trying to prove how funny SHE is throughout the whole movie, and taking (some) clips out of context. I know that Doug Stanhope is talking about the reason he got into comedy when talking about being funny as a way to get girls.At the very least, it's about as good as any "Cocumentary", in the sense you get to hear your favorite comedians talk off the stage. But, it's a shame that this could be the last appearance for some recently passed comedians.All-in-all, watch this if you've watched every other cocumentary on Netflix/Hulu.
vrhproductions This "cocumentary" is funny same as Bonny being funny. This whole movie is about her and not much about female comedians nor the subject of women not being funny...if anything this documentary just proves the point they are trying to dispute. She even goes to the point when she says she did not do any research for this subjectTrying to prove women are funny by not being funny. The moment when she asks people "Do you know me?" is just sad...why does it matter? Maybe you are a shitty comedian and thats why nobody knows you? Oh yeah...and she asks Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Peretti about not being funny? What do they know? They never were funny from startWomen can be funny, they are just not in this documentary.
Jerry Sheppardini This film was very entertaining and an amazing amount of talented female as well as male comedians. If you are fan of the "My wife hates me" pod-cast that comedian Rich Vos & Bonnie Mcfarlane you will love this movie. Opie & Anthony fans as well as comedy fans in general will recognize great comedic stars such as Dane Cook, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn, and even Jim Norton and Bob Kelly. The relationship between Rich and Bonnie is very entertaining the way they destroy each other and happen to support one another when they really do need it makes the film into a complete story. Finally, the movie takes a good look at comedy from the inside and shows us what really motivates and scares most women and men entering the comedy business today.
Neil-238-599054 It's a shame Ms. Mcfarlane chose to half-a** it. The myth of unfunny women could have been interesting. But she didn't explore the history of women in comedy or perhaps the psychological reasoning why women don't prefer women comics. You could have had a few panel discussions. And more Rich Vos is never the answer. And no Kathy Griffin? Odd.She lacked confidence through the film and made it way more personal than it needed to be. And if she wanted to go that route why not talk about how she broke in and what her family/friends thought about it. And were they barriers? It's also strange that four of the five writers for the movie are men. Can't help a sister out? But the interviews are still fun and worth a few laughs