SummaryEvery day of our lives, from the minute we can be marketed to the myth that becoming famous will make our lives complete, or consuming a certain something will be the answer, is chucked down our throats. Yet, the reality is that the medium ain't the message. You become famous for what you do, and therefore it's what you do that matters. This cruc... Read More
Directed By:Ondi Timoner
Written By:Ondi Timoner
Brand: A Second Coming
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Generally Favorable
63
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4.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
17% Mixed
2 Reviews
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17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Apr 6, 2015
91
For its majority, the film is all comedic and political fire, but as its winds down, Timoner rounds it off with a tone of melancholic, tragic inevitability to Brand’s life.
Oct 20, 2015
80
Timoner refuses to run fully with Brand’s elevated idea of himself, preferring to offer glimpses of a vulnerability and ruthlessness behind the clownish bluster.
User score
Mixed or Average
42% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
4% Mixed
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54% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Apr 6, 2015
80
Timoner’s often-compelling documentary, which is neither an apology nor a hagiography, is an intriguing personal take on a man who turns out to be endlessly intriguing, no matter what you think of his antics.
Apr 6, 2015
70
Brand: A Second Coming is never dull, moving at a busy clip appropriate to its seemingly tireless globe-trotting protagonist.
Apr 6, 2015
70
A thoroughly entertaining doc that serves also as a primer on Brand's shockingly successful comedy career and an introduction to his singular personality.
Sep 25, 2015
40
Though it includes parts of a live comedy performance, the film is a documentary with an attention span about as long as its subject's.
Oct 1, 2015
30
Brand: A Second Coming wants to tell the story of a man overcoming temptation and trading a shallow approach to life for something more sustaining and profound. It’s undone by its own shallowness, and by the limited appeal of its subject.
Sep 1, 2024
10
Nell Minow is the Contributing Editor at ****. She reviews movies and DVDs each week as The Movie Mom online and on radio stations across the US. She is the author of The Movie Mom’s Guide to Family Movies and 101 Must-See Movie Moments.
May 29, 2020
0
No me sorprende, sinceramente es pura basura igual que su persona, creo que debe estar arrepentido de varias cosas.
Sep 18, 2018
0
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Production Company:
- Mayfair Film Partnership
- Interloper Films
Release Date:Sep 25, 2015
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:R
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Awards
Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Adelaide Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
