I thought I loved Albert Brooks, but I walked away realizing it's Rob Reiner who *really* loves Albert. This movie probably won't do much for folks who don't already partially worship Brooks.
Still an enjoyable time celebrating their friendship and Brooks' career. Somehow I've not seen "Real Life" so I need to correct that pronto, like a lot of Brooks' comedy it's funny, but painfully on point at the same time.
I do think that he's quite a bit like this characters, well besides the occasional heavy, kudos to his agent for getting that role in "Drive." So after seeing some of his failed attempts on-screen in romance, it's pretty amazing that he found a wife, and kudos on 26 years of marriage.
May she love and revel in you as much as Rob does.
The film does deliver some other nice inside info, I did not know about the Einstein name and the Carl Reiner teenage interaction (both well-discussed on their promo circuit for this paean-doc),. Loved seeing the old Tonight Show appearances, didn't catch those when I was too young. Driving around LA with Spielberg and other tales, nice that we got to sit at the table for those I guess.
Hmmm googling Albert and plastic surgery today and I found this gem : "Trying to stay young. Going to plastic surgeon today to have my attention span shortened." He's definitely got the jokes.
In a way this felt like it is the sequel to Brook's guesting on Curb Your Enthusiasm...
Still an enjoyable time celebrating their friendship and Brooks' career. Somehow I've not seen "Real Life" so I need to correct that pronto, like a lot of Brooks' comedy it's funny, but painfully on point at the same time.
I do think that he's quite a bit like this characters, well besides the occasional heavy, kudos to his agent for getting that role in "Drive." So after seeing some of his failed attempts on-screen in romance, it's pretty amazing that he found a wife, and kudos on 26 years of marriage.
May she love and revel in you as much as Rob does.
The film does deliver some other nice inside info, I did not know about the Einstein name and the Carl Reiner teenage interaction (both well-discussed on their promo circuit for this paean-doc),. Loved seeing the old Tonight Show appearances, didn't catch those when I was too young. Driving around LA with Spielberg and other tales, nice that we got to sit at the table for those I guess.
Hmmm googling Albert and plastic surgery today and I found this gem : "Trying to stay young. Going to plastic surgeon today to have my attention span shortened." He's definitely got the jokes.
In a way this felt like it is the sequel to Brook's guesting on Curb Your Enthusiasm...