Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 26 Oct 2023
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20274588/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/albert_brooks_defending_my_life
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 1080p
• Language: English
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• Genre: Documentary, Biography
• Runtime: 88 min
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• Director: Rob Reiner
• Cast: Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks
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	7.6/10
	95% – Critics
	90% – Audience

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A Documentary of the Funniest Man in The World

Such an amazing way to see the shape of Albert Brooks’ career. The standup featured in the opening, much of which I had never seen before, sets the stage for an amazing filmmaking career. He is both cerebral and meta and makes the viewer laugh at what their laughing at. So many people will get a glimpse of rarer movies, such as Real Life and Modern Romance and then delight in seeing Lost in America and Defending Your Life. I love the scene in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World and it makes me want to see it agin. The personal component about his childhood and family, gives it heart. I loved this documentary.

Under the radar comedian now assessed as the “caviar of comedy”

As “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” (2023 release; 89 min.) opens, director (and lifelong close friend) Rob Reiner and Brooks are in a near-empty restaurant. Reiner asks some questions, and Brooks reminisces about this, that or the other. At this point we are 10 min. Into the documentary.

Couple of comments: Albert Brooks (ne Albert Einstein, no, really!) had a good run at in as a comedian and later actor-writer-director. But he never really made it into the stratosphere, commercially that is. For that his kind of humor and comedy was a bit too off-center. Chances are you can’t name a single of the movies he directed (and usually starred in himself). Thar is not to knock the guy. It’s just that, even though I certainly was aware who he was, he never became a giant. Can you name any movie off the top of your head that Brooks directed (and typically also starred in)? I couldn’t, although watching this documentary some of them came back to me for sure. Turns out that plenty of big names including Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L Brooks, Conan O’Brien, Sarah Silverman, Jonah Hill, just to name those, feel differently and describe Brooks as groundbreaking. Or as one puts it: the “caviar of comedy”. Ok then. But is the documentary itself any good? It certainly is entertaining. The hour and a half just flew by. But that doesn’t make it truly memorable as such. It’s a little like Brooks himself: a little under the radar for most.

“Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” recently premiered on HBO and is also streaming on Max, where I caught it last night. Whether you are a big fan of Albert Brooks, or simply just aware of him, I’d readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

A Great personal Documentary

This is a great and very personal documentary of the living comic, writer, actors nd Director, Albert Brooks. Best friend and star in his own right, Rob Reiner, put together this great living retrospective of the life and career of Albert “Brooks” Einstein. The documentary has many clips, interviews, and one and one conversations between Brooks and Reiner. Brooks was a transformative entertainer and I really had no idea how many people’s lives and careers he shaped. The stories of the origins of Saturday Night Live and his parents were worth watching alone. I was always a bigger fan of his beloved and deceased brother, Super Dave Osbourne aka Bob Einstein but Albert Is a unique talent.