The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
NR
7.3
2006
0 hr 50 min
Documentary
, Music
A documentary on the vaudevillian art-pop band.
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- Cast:
- David Cross , Nellie McKay , Eugene Mirman , Regina Spektor , John Waters
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SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
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Purely Joyful Movie!
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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