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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007 1h 29m Documentary Comedy List 80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 79% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Comedians celebrate the long career of the comic.
- (5)
- Harry Dean Stanton
- John Landis
- Dark Horse Indie
Salient Media and Vivendi Visual Entertainment have released the two-disc special edition of director John Landis' documentary, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, a hilarious celebration of the finest insult comic ever to trod the boards - and a benign failure at getting at the truth of Rickles' source of genius.
Dec 4, 2007 · With Harry Dean Stanton, John Landis, Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood. This terrific feature film comedy reveals the background of one of the legends of comedy, Don Rickles. Hailed by some of today's biggest comedians as one of the classics, who they aspire to emulate in their own comedy.
- (1.3K)
- Documentary, Comedy
- John Landis
- 2007-12-04
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Rob Nelson minnpost.com. Like Scorsese's Casino, in which Rickles had a small role, Mr. Warmth tips its hat to a demolished way of...
Oct 14, 2007 · Reviews. Oct 13, 2007 7:00pm PT. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. Nothing particularly innovative distinguishes John Landis' documentary on Don Rickles -- no digital bells and...
The film was generally well liked by critics. Much of the praise was directed at Rickles himself for being such an engaging personality. One critic compared Rickles and his sense of humor favorably to the racist comments of Michael Richards and the anti-Semitic statements of Mel Gibson writing:
12 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 8/10. Polished portrait of a showbiz icon. Chris Knipp 9 October 2007. Obviously it is very hard to be a stand-up comic. It requires good material, immense courage, and perfect timing. The ability to improvise may be very important.
