Doug Stanhope's the Unbookables

2012

Action / Comedy / Documentary

3
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 149 149

Plot summary

The Unbookables is a narrative documentary about stand-up comics who have spent their careers pushing limits--on stage and off. Relegated to small venues and touring in a crappy van through the Midwest they careen between the desire to succeed and the reality that there may be nothing left to lose. Road life is far from glamorous: comics come and go and cruel pranks and hard drinking punctuate their obsidian dark comedy on stage. They succeed and fail-spectacularly. When they face being fired for going too far on stage, the conflict culminates in a showdown: compromise or double down?

Director

Top cast

Sean Rouse as Self
Elliott Threatt as Background comic
Andy Andrist as Self
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876.52 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.59 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dchunter-97339 1 / 10

Just...no

They're not good comics, except for Sean Rouse, who the producers disappear from most of the film. You start with the idea that an unbookable comic means their material is too edgy, but you soon learn that these comics think their material is too edgy and that's why they're booed off stage. Not true. They're booed because they're hacks and drunks and they think their personal crises are dramatic and important. They would be if they were celebrities but they're not. One gets the impression that Doug Stanhope thinks his own comedic genius comes from being edgy and shocking--maybe that's part of it but watch his specials. Doug Stanhope can construct a joke. He can create tension. These alcoholics are open mic wanna bes and I think that's why Doug isn't in the film. Its embarrassing.
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Reviewed by jake_fantom 1 / 10

Move along, nothing to see here, folks

If you click on the reviews that score 7 and above, they are virtually all written by one-review-wonders - aka, people who were involved in the production. This is one of the most tedious and pointless "documentaries" I have ever experienced. They have assembled a crew of some of the unfunniest, least appealing, least engaging comics on the planet, who then spend the rest of the film riding from dive bar to dive bar in a filthy bus, smoking their lungs out the entire way. You may have more fortitude than I have, but I was only able to handle about fifteen minutes, and that achievement was pretty tough. Presenting this as a study of comics who push against limits might be a way of justifying this waste of time. But the truth is, there's not a shred of humor here.

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