Women Aren't Funny (2014)

Perfect cast and a good story

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Bonnie is a moderately funny woman. She has some things that are holding her back. She decided that being a male would put her over the top. She is funny but changing gender did not make her funnier.

If you are reading these reviews, I'd advise skipping some of the hate-filled one- and two-star reviews on this page. These "critics" seem more interested in venting their feelings of rage toward women in general, and MacFarlane in particular, than in any type of fair evaluation of the film. I watched the movie last night. My thoughts: 1. I liked it. Bonnie and Rich are an engaging couple in a rather unique relationship, and it was interesting to follow their behind-the-scenes lifestyle.2. Some of the haters on this page complain that the movie failed to reach its "potential," that it could have examined the history of women in comedy, perhaps from vaudeville to the present. This is an absurd criticism. The movie never claimed to be an educational, exhaustive study of American humor. Instead, it's an amusing peek behind the scenes of a typical comic's life which manages, along the way, to raise some provocative questions about women in comedy and society's reaction to them.3. I do not know Bonnie or Rich, and I was not paid to write this review.4. I'm not hailing this documentary as great cinema. But it is an amusing way to spend an hour and a half.5. There are quite a few funny interviews/cameos from the country's top comics. Kathy Griffin is missing? The horror! The horror! 6. It's hard to diss a movie that (at seven minutes and 20 seconds) gives us a great, if brief, shot of Bonnie's bare butt. I am thinking of posting a screen capture of said butt on my site, grouchyeditor.com.7. Finally, are women funny? Some are, some aren't. Society encourages men to be funny, so more of them are, and discourages women who are funny, so less of them are.

This "cocumentary" is funny same as Bonny being funny. This whole movie is about her and not much about female comedians nor the subject of women not being funny...if anything this documentary just proves the point they are trying to dispute. She even goes to the point when she says she did not do any research for this subjectTrying to prove women are funny by not being funny. The moment when she asks people "Do you know me?" is just sad...why does it matter? Maybe you are a shitty comedian and thats why nobody knows you? Oh yeah...and she asks Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Peretti about not being funny? What do they know? They never were funny from startWomen can be funny, they are just not in this documentary.

This film was very entertaining and an amazing amount of talented female as well as male comedians. If you are fan of the "My wife hates me" pod-cast that comedian Rich Vos & Bonnie Mcfarlane you will love this movie. Opie & Anthony fans as well as comedy fans in general will recognize great comedic stars such as Dane Cook, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn, and even Jim Norton and Bob Kelly. The relationship between Rich and Bonnie is very entertaining the way they destroy each other and happen to support one another when they really do need it makes the film into a complete story. Finally, the movie takes a good look at comedy from the inside and shows us what really motivates and scares most women and men entering the comedy business today.