Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

It is not uncommon for a celebrity to be faced with the proverbial "wake-up call". And, should they survive this event, they come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of their particular good fortune. However, in the case of comedian's, they are rarely as funny after their epiphany as they were prior to it. Such is the case with Martin Lawrence. Frankly, I pay little attention to celebrities as I have much better things to do with my life than to spend it monitoring others'. So, I was unaware of the majority of what Lawrence had gone through prior to this film. It was interesting but, unfortunately, all too common. I was left with the larger impression that this guy's stand-up act just wasn't very funny. Save the big life messages for a book, just be funny on stage. If you want to see a funny Martin Lawrence, go rent some of the old Def Jams for which he hosted.

Don't rent Runteldat.

"Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" caught me by surprise because I don't usually find myself enjoying this genre. "Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" is funny, engaging, insightful and crude; "Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" contains all of these and I can finally say I have seen Martin Lawrence at his best. If you are a person who enjoys great comedy, Martin Lawrence or just curious about the comedian; "Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" is for you.

"Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat" opened my eyes to this type of genre and made me want to rent other comedies like this. I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I did.

This is, without of the doubt, one of the funniest films that Martin Lawrence has ever done! I am a big fan of stand-up comedy as it is anyway, so I was very impressed. He rocked the mic on "Def Comedy Jam", so who wouldn't be surprised? In addition, I thought the opening to the movie was clever. Although the movie is mainly comedy, it was nice how the filmed began with a short documentary rather than that skit at the opening credits of "Eddie Murphy: Raw". However, I liked that stand-up show as well, so "Runteldat" definitely is up there with "Raw", "The Original Kings of Comedy", and both of John Leguizamo's shows. In conclusion, I could care less what the media had to say about Martin Lawrence. He's still "all about the Benjamins", so let him do his thing!

This recent stand-up movie of his was expectedly as piss-poor as his previous, i.e. "You So Crazy".

Martin Lawrence is easily one of the most annoying personalities to be recorded on film. Not only is he a lowsy actor to begin with, he's incredibly irritating to watch. His stand-up act is simply unbearable because it's nothing but Martin Lawrence and his embarassing way of talking. He overdoes everything. Every gesture, every word, is overly-black! He thinks he can be funny by acting black and talking black, almost as if he equates "blakness" with humor. (Chris Rock gets away with this because his content is actually funny to begin with.)

For God's sake, THE GUY IS NOT FUNNY!!!! I didn't even crack a smile once during the nearly two-hours of his agonizingly stupid, unwitty stand-up routine.

Martin Lawrence's familiar brand of slde-splitting comedy is most evident in "Runteldat". His comic timing and delivery is excellent as is his material. I have never laughed harder, and I look forward to other filmed live performances that he may make.