Tickling Giants

Tickling Giants, directed by Sara Taksler, is a 2017 documentary film about the story of Bassem Youssef. In the midst of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, Bassem Youssef makes a decision to leave his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian. Dubbed "The Egyptian Jon Stewart," Bassem creates the satirical show "Al Bernameg". Tickling Giants follows the team of Al Bernameg as they endure physical threats, protests, and legal action, all because of jokes.

Tickling Giants
Directed bySara Taksler
Produced byMaziar Bahari
Monica Hampton
Frederic Rose
Sara Taksler
Written bySara Taksler
StarringBassem Youssef
Jon Stewart
Music byPaul Tyan
CinematographyWail Gzoly
Release date
  • March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish, Arabic
Box office$51,500[1]

Reception

The documentary has been well received. Among the review aggregators, Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100% based on 24 reviews[2] and Metacritic gave it 77/100 based on 8 reviews.[3] Owen Gleiberman says "Mostly, the movie makes you understand how every society - and ours more than ever - needs people like Bassem Youssef to demonstrate that laughter will always be one of the essential ways to keep power in check."[4]

gollark: Also argument to authority is really annoying.
gollark: I guess he decided "computers can cause TPS lag?! I am the only one who discovered this and must keep it secret for the good of everyone".
gollark: Wait. He said "bring down servers" so no...
gollark: Or just "he decided there's a balance issue and refuses to explain that".
gollark: If there's a reason, and it's not security, and he refuses to explain it, that is stupid™.

See also

References
  1. "Tickling Giants Box Office Mojo listing". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. Tickling Giants at Rotten Tomatoes
  3. Tickling Giants at Metacritic
  4. Gleiberman, Owen (24 March 2017). "Film Review: 'Tickling Giants'". Variety Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.


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