An awkward hybrid of concert film and soft-ball documentary, in which stand-up sequences alternate with footage of Kansas City, Missouri-born comic Eddie Griffin's family, who figure prominently in his act. There's a visit to Griffin's old neighborhood, a stop at his old school, some man on the street schtick, and lots of footage of his no-nonsense mama, Uncle Bucky the junkie jailbird and neat-as-a-pin Uncle Curtis, connoisseur of pornography; in between, it's back to the show. Griffin openly idolizes Richard Pryor, and faint echoes of Pryor's bitterly autobiographical legacy inform sequences like his fluid imitation of the die-hard heroin addict's eerie equilibrium...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
83 mins