Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

If you can skip past the first 16 minutes of His Narcissistic Introduction, You will find a stand-up routine that is Fresh and comparable to an early Eddy Murphy without all the Raunch. Kevin manages to explain his bad boy image in a way that has you rolling in laughter and agreeing with his views, all the while endearing himself to his audience. His complete Honesty about Lying is so over the top, you start to believe Telling a Lie is an Art Form and you have been doing it wrong all along. Because of his humor, You just can't help but love him for all of his faults, even if he's a Pathological Comedy Genius!

8/10

Unlike my other favorite comedian, Louis C.K., Kevin Hart is somewhat of a formulaic comedian. While that is absolutely not a bad thing at all, it is to be noted that a bulk of his material comes from 3 main topics, all of which he expands on so amazingly well:

1. He will dissect common relationship problems that most everyone can relate to

2. He will state a certain trait of his character and tell a story as to why he became that way

3. He will state a somewhat uncommon fear of his and tell a story about the origin of that fear

After watching all of his previous stand ups, it did begin to get somewhat predictable because of it's overly unbelievable nature. This is not to say that I wasn't laughing like crazy throughout all of them.

When I heard about this special being theatrically released I knew I was going to see on opening night. Not much is to be said about anything other than the fact that the whole theater was roaring with laughter for 90% of the time.

Now back to the formula; Kevin did adhere to it here and there, but I think the reason everyone enjoyed this so much was because he threw in a mix of tiny little 2-3 minute segments that had really nothing to do with anything and it just worked. He veered off a bit from talking about himself or about relationships and he just started talking about people in general and the way we are with one another.

In general, I think this was his best one yet. I think his formula is one of the more advanced and genuinely true ways to intrigue people. Even though it is a comedy special, and you don't quite know exactly how much of it is true or false, Kevin Hart has a great way of connecting through to the audience on a more personal level through the way he talks about himself and his relationships.

He is comedic genius and will one day be legendary.

8/10

I wish I could give this a better rating, but I can't. There was a bunch of unfunny nonsense in the beginning of the film and then a documentary style bit following Kevin on his world tour. The stuff worth watching comes about a half an hour into the movie, when we actually get to the stand-up portion. This part of the movie was very funny, but I ask myself, "why fill this movie with fluff at the beginning?" I know Hart is funny, he should have put more material into this movie and it could have been a home run. It wasn't a bad movie - don't get me wrong, but my advice is wait until it comes to Netflix,DVD or on demand so that you can use your fast forward button.

I felt ripped off when comedian Kevin Hart said "thank you and good night" and abruptly ended his routine. I should have waited for this to show up on cable or the bootleg (just kidding about the bootleg). I paid money for a 75-minute stand-up comedy movie whose first 25 minutes feature no stand-up comedy whatsoever. Minus credits, that's ~45 minutes of jokes, several of which are only mildly funny, not his normally funny. The film opens with an unfunny party scene Hart shows clip after clip of his tours from around the world. Not ONE of these clips features Hart telling a single joke. Instead, it's him saying "thank you (fill in the location)" and just more clips of fans and Hart's entourage sleeping on a bus. It goes on so long that I almost walked out. I didn't need a Kevin Hart commercial to prove he was a big funny star. I knew this that's why I bought tickets to see his stand-up. I think Kevin Hart is hilarious; this just wasn't his best material. Hart used the N-word way too much for my taste, but that's the price you pay for a lot of black comedy. I guess they feel that appeals to their mostly urban crowd / audience.

One of Kevin Hart's older stand up comedy special. In comparison to his other special released earlier this year- Irresponsible, Let Me Explain is quite entertaining and far better.

This special starts off rather slow with about the first 20 minutes or so of a skit than a documentary type feature showing Kevin at his tours. But then the actual stand up routine begins. It gets off slow but eventually gets funnier. He had a good act at creating or reciting stories in his stand up than turning them into jokes. This stand up is funny at parts, somewhat repetitive but overall decent if you are a fan of Kevin Hart.