Dying Laughing

Dying Laughing is a 2016 documentary film about the complicated lives of stand-up comedians and discussing all aspects of their work. Cast Release The documentary premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival in Culver City, California. It was later released for wider audiences on February 24, 2017. Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 18 as positive and 4 as negative for a 82 percent rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 6.30 out of 10. For The Guardian, Gwilym Mumford gave the documentary a 3 out of 5, stating, "the endless conveyor belt of talking heads does rather lose its lustre over time, and some actual standup would've been welcome, but there's a real dizzying amount of insight, not to mention a real poignancy to some of the contributors".