Overview
Genre :
DocumentaryRelease Date :
June 11, 2010 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Ricki Stern, Anne SundbergStarring :
Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Don Rickles, Kathy Griffin
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..This is as good as documentary filmmaking gets, economical and deeply penetrating..”
by Christopher Kelly [Dallas Morning News]
“..This film will surely make admirers and skeptics see Rivers with fresh eyes..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
“..There's not a timid, sympathy-begging minute in it. Even better, you leave Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work with the exhilarating feeling that the lady is just hitting her stride..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Review rate : B+
“..the undeniably fascinating and entertaining documentary..”
“..the undeniably fascinating and entertaining documentary..”
by Tom Long [Detroit News]
“..seriously funny..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..one of the smarter, more unexpectedly touching documentaries of the year..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
“..needy, hard-driving, and relentlessly self-flagellating aren't all that surprising..”
by Alicia Potter [Boston Phoenix]
“..it's the messy, fascinating and sometimes embarrassing heart..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
Review rate : B
“..It's a solid documentary but not a remarkable one..”
“..It's a solid documentary but not a remarkable one..”
by Steve Persall [St. Petersburg Times]
“..entertaining..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..engaging documentary..”
by Lisa Kennedy [Denver Post]
“..convulsively funny movie..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
“..although Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is unmistakably a fawning love letter to an amazing performer, Rivers proves to be her sharpest, bluntest critic..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
“..a highly entertaining doc..”
by John DeFore [Hollywood Reporter]
“..a compulsively watchable look at Rivers..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
“.."Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" compellingly presents a strong woman with no shortage of anger, resentment and regrets -- but not an ounce of self-pity..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
