Review of Call Me Lucky (2015) by Drago? C — 10 Dec 2015

Personal, funny heartwarming at times, obnoxious at others and shockingly painful at its best times, Call me Lucky is living proof that Bobcat Goldthwait gets better as a director the more personal he is. This documentary about Barry Crimmins - comedian, druggie, and all around no good socialist hippie takes a dark but deeply touching turn halfway through. Narrated by Crimmins and a cast of comedy luminaries from the 80s 90s and today, including Goldthwait himself this is a deeply personal film in both story and camerawork. Above all towers Crimmins in both his activist blowhard and deeply concerned peacenik modes, making him look like Bill Hicks and George Carlin's Activist Rage-baby at times while at others showing him at his most personal and personable.

A documentary on a difficult subject that squeezes laughs as well as tears out of the audience and a film worth watching.