DysFunKtional Family

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Summary: For Fans of Eddie Griffin Only
Review: "DysFunKtional Family" is a stand-up comedy film with a documentary twist. Most of the film is footage from Eddie Griffin's live onstage appearance in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. In his hour-and-half-long performance, Eddie Griffin cracks jokes about race relations, household pets, women, men, and a whole lot of sex. But his commentary on his family is arguably the comic's funniest material. Interspersed with jokes about Griffin's Uncle Curtis who wants to be a porn star and has a video collection to prove it, his Uncle Buckey, an ex-con and ex-junkie, and Griffin's overbearing but loving mother are snippets of interviews with the family members themselves. -Proof that Griffin is not exaggerating when he describes his dysfunctional and farcical family. Those are "DysFunKtional Family"'s good qualities. In truth, I found Eddie Griffin's family to be funnier than Eddie Griffin. Most of Griffin's performance struck me as someone acting as if he is funny as opposed to actually being funny. That may go far with a live audience that is caught up in the moment, but it falls flat for viewers watching the movie at home. And Griffin uses two particular words a few times per sentence in his stand-up routine. One word is a racial slur; and the other is a four-syllable vulgarity. Griffin claims that using inflammatory language repeatedly robs it of its meaning. Using this sort of language casually might do that, but hearing these two words several hundred times like a broken record within the space of 90 minutes is trying, boring, and gives the impression that Eddie Griffin is unable to get the audience's attention with his humor alone. Fans of Eddie Griffin obviously like his style. If you're a fan, you might appreciate "DysFunKtional Family"'s concert material more than I did, and you will likely enjoy the additional footage of Griffin's family. If you're not already a fan of Eddie Griffin's, this movie is unlikely to convert you or even entertain you.

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Summary: Wait for 'Malcolm and Eddie' DVD...
Review: ...while he IS a stand up comic and I am...I am simply a lowly peon in the overall scheme of things...I feel that things could be funny widdout all the offal talk and cuzz words, but some folks I understand you have to hit over the head with an I-beam before you show'em funny.

However, to paraphrase another famous Eddie.."What do I know from funny?"

I delighted in Griffin's Undercover Brother and the Malcolm and Eddie TV show and know that the dude is drop-down hilarious.

What I found unintintionally funny in this show is Eddie telling the kids (on the school bus on the way to KC's Lincoln Jr. High, perchance?) about his dance corp/drill team and how after he
did his biz with the team he got his studies in also. The thought of Griffin trying to get the kids to follow the right path was kinda frightening and funny to me, but I am a different kinda dude.

Griffin's "Live on Sunset" is yet to come. This is funny, but unfortunately not on that level of comic concerts.

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Summary: Hit&Miss
Review: Eddie's Family stole the show basically.Eddie got stuck on some words far to long for me&the Documentary dragged a bit but Eddie had some cool moments.the take on Sammy Davis Jr&Bill Cosby were funny.He didn't bring it this time on Michael Jackson like He has in the past.Hit&Miss overall but the Family element section of the Routine Hit home.

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Summary: Not so "Solid", brother
Review: Funny in places. My favourite part as far as laughs were concerned was Eddie's brilliant impersonations of celebrities at the very end of the show. Was aiight, some cute recollections about his family and growing up. Very brave to have his family featured and show a glimpse of the real interactions and relationships within his family. However I was left feeling this performance lacked a coherent theme. He had some real potential for an even better/funnier, possibly meaningful show following the theme of his family and their quirks.

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Summary: Not for the faint at heart
Review: Hands-down, the funniest stand-up comedian I have ever seen. If you are sensitive to cuss words, don't see it. Other than that, its hilarious.

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Summary: Sorry Ed
Review: His stand up was a little above average. But the documentary parts dragged the show down. I love Eddie Griffin but I have to admit I fell asleep during this one!

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Summary: CURTIS, JAMES AND BUCKY!
Review: I absolutely loved his imitation of his white grandpa. I hear old folks talk like that, black and white. He does say the n-word a lot, but I think he's saying that moreso to refer to his buddies or just as an interjection. Granted, if a white guy said that onstage, we'd never hear the end of it in the press.

His family was pretty interesting as well...made it be known that Eddie got his start by hard work and being creative rather than some follower brother who just sits around listening to Tupac and gets his start without having pie-in-the-sky overboard dreams like so many other black stars who get one hit and try to live like Bill Gates. Yeah, his Uncle Bucky is funny but he's probably as trustworthy as a stray dog around a table full of McDonald's quarter pounders. His Uncle Curtis is hilarious (I sure do love hairy p***y) - Amen, no doubt! - with his porno dreams and his mother seems like your average loving Midwestern hardworking woman.

Eddie's show is some smal tidbits from his Voodoo Child days, but it does the job of being funny by itself.

The audience track is WAY too loud though, sometimes muffling up what Griffin is saying.

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Summary: eddie is hilarious
Review: i think eddie is one of the funniest comedians, but if youre easily offended stay away becasue he holds nothing back. i thought this was very funny i also really enjoyed his i got the hook up stand up dvd. i was in tears. if you only wanna buy one, i would recommend that one but if you want two then get this one too they are both very funny but the other one is just crazy!

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Summary: An okay movie
Review: This movie had it's moments.I wasn't sure about renting it because "I Got The Hook Up Comedy Jam" was horrible,but this sounded funny.It was A LOT better than "I Got The Hook Up",but it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be.He uses the same two cuss words every sentence.One is the "F" word,and the other is the "N" word.It is okay for a black comedian to say the "N" word in front of a predominantly black audience,but it gets old FAST.The best part is when he plays piano.When he first went on stage,I wondered "Why is there a piano there"?Even though this isn't as good as I thought it would be,it is much better than either Jamie Foxx DVD!

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Summary: FABOLOUS
Review: This movie was comedy.I laughed the whole time. I cant wait till it comes out to buy it. i highly reccomend this movie to anybody who likes to laugh. He is very funny and talented. One of the funniest stand up comedy pieces I've seen in a long time.