Russell Brand
- 49 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Filmmaker says Russell Brand is 'walking contradiction'
Brand: A Second Coming documentary maker Ondi Timoner has described her subject Russell Brand as a "walking contradiction" and a "self-destructive" person.
Contact Music, 22nd October 2015Brand: A Second Coming review
In Ondi Timoner's documentary portrait, comedian/political agitator Russell Brand emerges as unembarrassable, uninterruptible and impervious to mockery.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 22nd October 2015Review: Russell Brand
Brand remains unapologetically phallocentric in his comic interests. In arena-comedy mode, there's no grand, hour long manifesto, no lecturing. It's knob gags, essentially.
Michael Ward, The Herald, 19th October 2015Ondi Timoner pissed off about Russell Brand's boycott
"I'm pissed off today," chuckles Ondi Timoner. "My mood changes each day. But it's the premiere today, I'm a little bit upset because he's talking other people off the carpet. I've been disappointed. Everybody seems to not be coming."
Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 16th October 2015Brand: A Second Coming review
The message isn't that Russell Brand is the second coming. It's not that he's going to lead to a "global revolution of consciousness". It's not even that he's right. It's that Brand has incited something, captured a feeling and wants to do something about it. And, for all his indiscretions, you have to admire him for that.
Alex Leadbeater, What Culture!, 10th October 2015Is Russell's brand over?
Faltering comic Russell Brand hoped a new movie about himself would save his ailing career. But the documentary film has become the latest disaster for the ailing comedian, who ended up falling out with the director.
The Sun, 9th October 2015Russell Brand - A Second Coming review
Candid encounters sit beside Russell Brand's over-familiar media appearances in a portrait of a man whose 'revolution' is still a work in progress.
Steve Rose, The Guardian, 9th October 2015Director of Brand film hopes they can still be friends
Ondi Timoner said Russell Brand had commissioned her to make Brand: A Second Coming, but told the Standard things were now "awkward" between them.
Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard, 8th October 2015Russell Brand: A Second Coming - review BFI LFF 2015
Unfortunately it is a film that preaches to the converted and will be its likely audience.
Chris Aitken, Short Com, 6th October 2015Birds Of A Feather stars want Russell Brand
Birds Of A Feather stars Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson have revealed they would like Russell Brand to join the show.
BT, 13th September 2015