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Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Directed by
Joel Gallen
2023
69m
R
Comedy
,
Documentary
6.8
46%
74%
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Comedian Chris Rock performs a live stand-up special in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Chris Rock: Selective Outrage Reviews
The Atlantic
David Sims
As live television, it was intermittently interesting, then briefly compelling; as comedy, it will be a minor entry in Rock's estimable stand-up catalog.
Hollywood Reporter
Dan Fienberg
Rock is a provocateur, darnit! Nothing in Selective Outrage raised my hackles. I didn't even get a semi-hackle. My hackles were flaccid.
The Nation
Ben Schwartz
Both more and less than comedy, funny but also the occasion for a lot of clapter from Rock's fans. Rock delivered on all the expectations swirling through social media over the past year, but it's also OK if we never hear about that slap again.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Kathryn VanArendonk
On paper, it all seems thrilling and possibly combustible. Which is why it is so disappointing when, in life, Chris Rock's Selective Outrage cannot rise to the moment.
New Yorker
Lauren Michele Jackson
None of the jokes will rise to the level of iconic, or even memorable, I'm afraid. Yet Rock reminds us of his icon status simply by opening his mouth. His delivery works when nothing else does-and, in Selective Outrage, little did.
BuzzFeed News
Izzy Ampil
Rock's personal grievance with Smith is legitimate, but by trying to mash it into the shape of a cultural cautionary tale, he does himself and his comedy a disservice.
High on Films
Shikhar Verma
Some of the jokes come straight from the boomer persona that Rock inhabits in the internet-frenzied world that he is trying to satirize, and for better or for worse, the comedian wouldn't care, or will he?
NPR
Eric Deggans
Because Rock is a comedy pro, a lot of the special was entertaining and some of it was poignant...
indieWire
Ben Travers
While courting indignation via pervasive buzzwords certainly isn't all Rock did, "Selective Outrage" was in no way built to last. Half the jokes were obsolete before he finished saying them.
New York Times
Jason Zinoman
In this special, Rock seemed more raw than usual, sloppier, cursing more often and less precisely. This was a side of him you hadn't seen before.
VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium)
Jeanine T. Abraham
"misogynoir can come even from those who are Black, who were raised by Black women and profess to value Black people." In this show in particular, Chris Rock is the poster-boy for misogynoir.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
One year post-slap, the comedy legend is back with a new set that's equal parts filthy, hilarious, self-serving and profound.
USA Today
Kelly Lawler
He's crotchety. He's mean. He's predictable and boring.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
Netflix sold the show as if it were steak when, at best, we were only ever going to get a McDonald's hamburger. Now, is that an acceptable, solid substitution for the best version of his work?
Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
Rock remains worth listening to, because there's nothing casual about what he does, and most important, he knows how to craft and sell a joke. You may laugh even as you're offended.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Strauss
All in all, one thing's for sure: "Selective Outrage" was a live TV event only an uninhibited streaming service could bring to the world.
Decider
Sean L. McCarthy
But much like he did in Tamborine, Rock shifts his focus in the second half of his special from observations about the world to look inward at himself and how he's reacting to the world now that he's single again in his 50s.
Vogue
Janelle Okwodu
Problematic messages aside, jokes about the Kardashian sisters' sexual partners and Caitlin Jenner's gender identity are lazy relics unworthy of Rock's talents...
National Review
Armond White
Rock's slap-back at Smith revives the insecurity and evident immaturity that characterized their altercation. (Both men misbehaved.) Selective Outrage provides no helpful insight into the temperamental differences that erupted at last year's Oscars.
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