Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis (2018)

Too many fans seem to be blown away

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis. Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis is definitely not bad i'll give you that just for a simple start but it's also just a bunch of A-list celebrities who are friends and family of the 'Die Hard' action hero and basically come in and they start to roast non stop and that gets a bit dumb and boring after a while? It's not like the worst thing that ever happened? But it's recycled humor and recycled humor? It's always the worst kind of humor or at least for the most part. (5/10)

Right from the start, Levitt sets the (unfunny) tone for the show. He can be summed up with just one line. "Joseph Gordon Levitt is to this show what James Franco was to the Oscars."Most of the roasters are not funny at all. Everyone wonders why are they there and I was wondering why am I wasting my time watching this? They don't even know what a "roast" is, some mediocre random jokes is NOT roasting someone.The hour is saved by Edward Norton who does a great job at roasting Willis in a very sarcastic way. His jab at MCU movies and specially The Incredible Hulk may rub some (a lot of) people the wrong way but it was part of roasting Bruce Willis and fit perfectly.Jeff Ross, while being funnier than everyone else, was actually just OK when you think how bad everyone else besides Norton was. If everyone else sucks, then of course you gonna have some OK jokes look great too.All in all, I gave it 5 / 10, thanks to Norton and Ross for saving this otherwise train wreck of a "roast" show. If you are watching on a streaming service, save your time to avoid clingiest jokes and moments and just skip to Edward Norton and Jeff Ross parts.

The formula used to be about a group of friends who roast each other but also love each other and share some background story. That changed into a group of random people who frequently admit that they don't know why they're there.Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the weakest host so far. Not every great actor can be funny, and his bits can't generate general interest. Dennis Rodman was obviously the "why the heck is HE there?" guest, and wow......did he bomb. Not a single funny moment, from a person who shouldn't even be there. I don't even blame Rodman, but the producers who asked him.Of course Jeff Ross is funny, but no surprises and his star power can't save the below mediocre mess. Only Edward Norton was surpringly funny and entertaining. His jokes weren't predictable one liners, but a coherent story with a heart.But besides Norton and Ross, this roast offers nothing. Most jokes were one liners and you could guess the predictable punch line at any moment. This means the time of the roast with a charismatic cast that really had fun being there, is probably over.

I'm giving 3 stars simply for Jeff Ross and 1 for Demi Moore showing up. I'll be honest, I would've never imagined Ed Norton sitting in a panel of roasters on comedy central. It's just not him, even though he did start by saying that he was slumming it there for Bruce Willis. You'd think that roasting an A lister would a lot more fun, but jokes just did not land. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was simply out of place and uncharismatic, Dennis Rodman sat there the entire time mumbling to himself and eventually struggled to place his mic and then we struggled to make sense of what he was trying to say. An unfunny panel of washed up celebs and a bunch of nobodies, barring a few, to think if they were going to roast an A lister, they could've atleast had better comedians and people close to him in some sense. Martha Stewart was funny in bits and sadly that's all there is to it. I have no idea what Lil Rel Howery was doing up there or why he was there in the first place. Yeah they start off with the usual "why am I here" but then you signed off on it. In between a few jabs and his awkward laugh after every joke that didnt land, probably because he couldnt read off his crumpled page, he was just awful to watch. Dom Irrera was good. He was bitter, he was angry, he used the N word, but if there was someone funny after Jeff Ross, it was Dom. It all ended with Bruce Willis trying to act like "the man" with those awkward gestures and lines that he just quickly went through and his little harmonica session. Sadly none of it was good enough to save a disaster of Roast that he shouldn't have agreed to in the first place.I've seen a lot better roasts by Comedy Central. This, though, is one they'd want to forget. And really fast.