UnowPriceless hyped garbage

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

loucarey ...who edited this?Could this not have been as good if they had just edited it as it was?They cut to audience responses that did not mesh with the moment. I would rather have had them print this as it went (maybe no applause at the right time) than to have them show audience response in the wrong places.This was a let down from his first stand-up movie.Don't make crap out of gold!I'm obviously out of critique so I'm padding here.Bad editing, that's it!

jonathan-577 Pryor on the cusp and on the mend, halfway between the careening scatological genius of his 70s persona and the PG-rated grown man of the 80s. Yes PG Pryor generally sucks, but you know, setting yourself on fire can and should mellow anybody out. This movie is a stab at synthesis - he's still cultivating his mastery of the squirmy edge, but at the same time he's just turned his keen-eyed intelligence in on himself. It's funny and it's also very, very moving. The N-word disavowal is of course breathtaking - coming from Pryor it's like Rene Levesque doing a stop-smoking PSA. The story of being rescued from his talking freebase pipe by Jim Brown is another peak. And topping all is his seemingly spontaneous response to a shouted Mudbone request, applying that character's merciless storytelling bravado to the ballad of Richard Pryor. There are more dud bits than I'd like, but who cares? This is a fitting testament to a great artist and a good man.

MovieAddict2016 I saw this a few weeks back on Comcast's "On Demand." On Demand usually offers independent films, old films or recent films that flopped. "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip" is somewhere in between - it is older (released in 1982) but probably also flopped. It's not a very good indication of Richard Pryor's comedy - I've heard much funnier stuff coming out of his mouth in the past.The whole project feels too "large budget" - from the grand opening to the camera work inside the place. It's all too glossy, polished and over-produced - sticking a camera on stage and just WATCHING Richard Pryor for an hour and a half would have been funnier.On the other hand, this is still very funny. Pryor's funny no matter what - as a result I've rated this a seven (out of ten) but I can't help but imagine it could have been much, much better.Worth checking out if you're a Pryor fan - otherwise, start out with some of his albums if you're not familiar with his comedy.

The Fifth Doctor In my opinion, Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, is the funniest and best example of the genius at work. It is doubly interesting when you consider that it was made not long after Pryor's "Burn Up" accident, to use his way of speaking. Despite this, Pryor hasn't at this point lost any of the inventiveness and imagination wich made him one of the most original, freshest and warm comedians, and perhaps, when in top gear, the best comedian in the world. The audience really responds to him here, hanging on his every word and wanting him to do well. They are with him all the way, as you will be too when you watch it. Pryor opens up the monologues and hysterical stories at machine gun pace, and belly laughs are gauranted. Pryor doesn't dodge anything, retelling side acing tales of his run ins with the mafia, the making of Stir Crazy, his discovery of Masturbation, and most interestingly and humorous his exploding incident : "Of all the brothers who have free based how many do you know who have blew up? Why Me? I started to burn up and i was so high, i didn't even know what was happening. I looked at my hand on fire and thought, hey thats a pretty blue. I was all bandaged up in Hospital and came on the news, Richard Pryor died five minutes ago, i shouted noooooooooooo! wait on a minute jack"It is equally interesting to take note of how many other comedians have "Borrowed" drom Pryor over the years. For instance, Billy Connoly has quite often used the self mocking humour that Pryor uses to full swing here, and Eddie Murphy is on a much stronger level prone to using the black angst in his performance. Richard Pryor does it better than both here, and Live at the Sunset Strip is an absolute Stand Up Cinema Comedy classic.