Melanie Bouvet
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Adeel Hail
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Stephanie
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Jim Morrisey
The most memorable talk show in years. I loved everything about it. Russell handled the job of mediator well. He had some potentially explosive interview guest moments. I think hes funny and adorable. I just love his energy and light. I feel like i learnt something from these shows, I remember looking forward to thursdays when a new episode would air. He made me care about the things that he felt passionately about. Very influential guy. Ondi Timoner is doing a documentary on him. Soon all the haters will have to bow down. Love the episode he brings a homeless person on to sit with a couple nice ladies from the dog pound and throws a cup across the studio to get his guests attention. Im disappointed to see only a 5 rating on here, even Russell talked his show down on the Howard Stern show. Russell rest assured the fact that you weren't trying to make a perfect run of the mill TV show is what made it so relatable and real. Trust me, everything on U.S TV is boring bar hbo. Thanks for waking us up over here.
symbolt
I was skeptical at first, because I didn't understand the format. I was glad when it evolved into something more varied. I have to say that I adore Russel Brand for his wit and intelligence. I love how he brings in people with hateful views and then has a discussion with them to try to mellow our their hatred, but also doesn't shy for calling them on where their reasoning is idiotic, and in an eloquent and glib way that isn't actually disrespectful. The fact that he brings homeless people into his show is very touching to me. I always think about how cool it must be for the guy to be on TV. It doesn't solve their problems, it's just a cool experience that the world has probably largely denied them. And it makes you realize that such people exist - not only the ex-homeless, but the currently homeless, with an unpleasant predicament, and they are people like you and me. Most of all, this show is funny and made me laugh so hard that I cried on a few occasions. I really hope that it stays on air.
Storms
I'm a fan of Russell's past work. I think ponderland is one of the funniest TV shows of all time, he was unhinged in BBBM and his radio shows were comedy genius.I was expecting he'd deliver something at the same level with Brand X, however the show fails miserably. It's just not funny, too much of the corporate tag on it. It feels to me like Brand hasn't exerted his own zany style on the show and instead has conformed to what the network wants. I'm very disappointed.If Russell ever reads this here's a message: you've lost your mojo man, don't tow the line with the corporate moneymakers, come back to the UK and try and recapture that zest you had from 10 years ago.
funrocket
It's funny how such a simple show can be so entertaining. Russell just gives a standup performance in what looks like a small college lecture room with Power Point presentations and kind of a bland professor sidekick who seems to do nothing other than be someone Russell can make fun of. You can see the subtle catering to the college crowd as almost everyone there appears to be young and it's much like seeing a college lecture. He really knows how to work the audience, taking audience participation a step further, rather than maybe send an intern into the audience to put a mic up to them, he goes in and sits on their lap, male or female. One of the best shows on FX and barely costs anything to make, it's a good part of the guy show lineup on the network.
