lalitdevraj Funny, yes, and rather interesting, the stories retold to us. First time with Kevin Hart for your information. As an actor, I can judge, to an extent of course, Kevin Hart acting out his speech as apparent. As a comedian, he is getting somewhere but may saturate soon due to the level and diversity of comedy. This one in particular did not fail to impress of course, but is limited to a higher potential. Overly used punchlines honestly speaking. Some comedies, for example those of Russel Peters may be watched multiple times or at least are guaranteed to make you laugh even after a few years upon rediscovery of the video or a past memory, while this particular act, not so much. Good for the moment, but classic jokes being created or similar are not to be seen. Kevin Hart is correct that I would say "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIIIIIIGHT, you gonna learn today!" at random times for no apparent reason, but this only continued for one and a half days hence it is exemplified that, though good, was not something to cherish to a great extent. This can be recommended to others as everyone has a different quotient with respect to sense of humor.

Steve Pulaski It was inevitable that Kevin Hart would eventually garner enough notoriety to get a theatrical comedy special. If Eddie Griffin, Martin Lawrence, and Eddie Murphy can make a successful theatrical special, Hart should get his turn at the mic too. Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain is a ninety-minute comedy special that is only about sixty minutes comedy and thirty minutes flashbacks and skit.What gave me so much pleasure while watching Eddie Murphy Raw and Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat? The standup routine. Both films featured two very honest, funny comedians doing what they do best; stand up. Kevin Hart doesn't seem to get that's what people want. The twenty minutes the drab, useless skit takes up could've been used for more of Hart's witty comedy.Sadly, this isn't his best work. Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny was more amusing. It seemed he was more committed with that than Laugh at My Pain. It seemed he wanted to accomplish more in that special. In Laugh at My Pain he does a fair to decent job trying to keep the flow going. What ultimately happens is he repeats to many jokes that weren't funny the first time. Like his "pineapples" line that he says when he is having uncomfortable sex. The line was low-brow but still sort of worked the first time he said it. To repeat it many, many more times is like assuring the audience got the joke.Hart tackles a small range of subjects, unlike Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy who seemed to broaden their horizons more. He usually stays in the are of sex and his childhood. This makes the film work on a more personal level. Still, it would've been nice to see Hart open up more and share his opinions. We get many stories about Hart's father, who he claims was a big drug addict during the early years of his life. Some of the stories seem fabricated, yet I can't say for sure.What the film does right, like I said, is conduct things on a personal level. Whether Hart is fabricating events or actually saying them with purely real honesty, it works and it works well. He is such a funny comedian, full of intelligence and soul that he can make the strangest topics appealing. Even if they're in bad taste, case and point, his mother's funeral.Laugh at My Pain is divided in three halves; the "humble beginnings" prologue that takes up a good fifteen minutes, the main course of Hart's standup routine which clocks in a little shy of an hour, and then a skit in the style of Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs.The prologue is amusing, the standup is a treat, but the skit almost ruins the event with its awkward presence and rushed quality. It's so very hard for a comedian to make a quality skit, which is why many don't do it. I can see Hart was aiming for a Chappelle Show style comedy sketch, but it comes off as flat and unfunny. Its presence and delivery nearly kills any remote respect the film was trying to achieve. It doesn't slaughter it completely, but is very close.Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain is a fun, rambunctious comedy special with a lot to offer in terms of the standup routine. Unfortunately, the closing is awkward and wastes a good twenty it doesn't make the special an unwatchable plod of monotony. The film packs in variety, just not the kind I wanted. This is, however, an interesting landmark in Hart's career. He went from an underground comedian to a mainstream sensation pretty much overnight. So in that regard the film has a purpose, unlike some concert films that beg an explanation. While I did laugh a lot at Hart's pain, I can't say I was in pain from my laughing.Performed by: Kevin Hart. Directed by: Leslie Small and Tim Story.

heffmacher_2000 Golly gee and goodness gracious me. How bad can one guy be? I mean really! I wasn't expecting too much when i went to watch this and it turns out my expectations were too high.The "comedy" is bad and i mean really bad. I'm not sure if its an American thing (I'm Australian) and by that, i mean, that you would have to live in America to get the "jokes" but i didn't find it funny at all. I gave up after 30 mins. Surely if i hadn't laughed once by then i wouldn't be laughing at all. Don't get me wrong though, America has some good comedians out there. And in previous years I particularly enjoyed Richard Pryor and also Eddie Murphy in concert. But Kevin Hart just isn't funny.If its that easy to make a lot of money but spruiking about everyday living then everyone over there should get on stage. It would be a riot of laughs.

Vincent Hubbard You know you're are on an elite level when you can put you stand-up in theaters and sell it out. I went to see "Laugh at My Pain" in Ontario, CA and the theater was packed. I've seen Kevin Hart live a couple of time and he was amazing! Seeing the this at the movies I say was just as amazing. What made up for it not being live was the huge screen so you felt as if you were front row at the show. I would recommend this to anyone who loves comedy to see. I'm sure I will see this at least one more time before it leaves theaters. Anyone who has already seen Kevin Hart before I'm sure they already saw this because you just can't get enough of this guy.