Funny Cow
- 2018 film
Comedy drama focusing on a female comedian who performs on the northern working mens' club circuit in the 1970s & 1980s. Stars Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Vic Reeves, Kevin Eldon and more.
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Funny Cow review
Maxine Peake lights up strange stand-up story.
The Financial Times, 19th April 2018Review - Funny Cow
Funny Cow will make you wondering if you are crying happy or sad tears by the end.
Jamie East, The Sun, 19th April 2018Review: Funny Cow
Maxine Peake captivates in a film that takes a serious look at being funny.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 16th April 2018Interview: Maxine Peake
"I do make a conscious effort not to try and play the same sort of character each time," she says, harking back to advice Victoria Wood gave her on dinnerladies.
The Scotsman, 15th April 2018Why is stand-up film Funny Cow not funny?
It is unfortunate that nothing Maxine Peake's stand-up comic says, either on or off stage, is remotely amusing.
Ryan Gibley, The New Statesman, 13th April 2018Interview: Maxine Peake
It's 1980s Blackpool and a young Maxine Peake and her dad are in a packed club on the front, watching a singer belting it out to a restless, day-trip audience. Not an easy crowd. Half way through the song someone bursts in and shouts "coach is 'ere!" The audience gets up and leaves, apart from Peake and her dad, who sit on, loving it.
Janet Christie, The Scotsman, 13th April 2018Funny Cow review
If you're expecting a comedic film, filled with laughs, you're in for a surprise! The film portrays what is frequently the comedic creative process of using your pain in order to create art and make others laugh. The title character goes through a great deal of hardship. You have been warned!
Mariana Feijó, Funny Women, 12th April 2018Funny Cow review - Maxine Peake blazes
Peake is hypnotically belligerent as an ambitious club performer trampling over prejudice and sticky carpets on the 1970s comedy circuit.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11th October 2017Funny Cow review
There are some trinkets of humour, mainly from the extremely brief cameos of Jim Moir and John Bishop, but its barely compensated for what is a frustrating ride as we never quite know what the film's message is.
Short Com, 11th October 2017'Funny Cow': London review
Maxine Peake is defiantly good as a Northern comic working the sexist circuit of the 1970s and 80s.
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily, 10th October 2017