Tickling Giants

Are you brave enough to tell a joke?
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DVD Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Originally Released: 2016
  • Label: Gravitas Ventures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 248
Rating: 4/5 -- Powerful docu follows story of "Jon Stewart of Egypt." Full Review
Common Sense Media
Mar 30, 2017
3 stars out of 5 -- The film ends on a supportive note, but it’s a melancholy footnote to the lost revolution, with its long and brutal endgame in Syria.
The Guardian
Mar 3, 2017
Rating: 4/5 -- Youssef himself with his crooked smile and exuberant enthusiasm comes across as someone who in a normal state of affairs would be just another amiably slick joker. But in this context he takes on the bravery and the bearing of a hero. Full Review
CineVue
Apr 7, 2017
[The film] surprises us on several levels. It reveals Egypt's familiar Arab Spring experience through a lens, that of satiric comedy, which is very different from the way we usually see it. And it has the personal element of Youssef's involving story. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Apr 7, 2017
Rating: 3/5 -- The film ends on a supportive note, but it's a melancholy footnote to the lost revolution, with its long and brutal endgame in Syria. Full Review
Guardian
Mar 31, 2017
Rating: 3/5 -- If Tickling Giants never digs as deep as it could, it's still a fascinating look at a culture just beginning to understand the power of sarcasm. Full Review
NOW Toronto
Jul 6, 2017
Rating: 3/5 -- This is both a fitting tribute to a brave man and his committed team, and a thoughtful insight into comedy's duty to speak truth to power. Full Review
Radio Times
Mar 30, 2017

Product Description:

This documentary tells the unlikely story of Egyptian heart surgeon Bassem Youssef, who, after treating protesters injured in the Arab Spring uprisings, was inspired to quit his practice to become a full-time comedian and political satirist. His program AL BERNAMEG brought him fame as "the Egyptian Jon Stewart," but his digs at his country's government led to his arrest for allegedly defaming Islam and Egypt's president.

Product Info

  • UPC: 191091401620
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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