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Clare Martin

Clare Martin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval (2024) 33% 4/10 EDIT “A wishy-washy hour that asks us to care about DeGeneres again, without giving us any reason to in the first place.” – Paste Magazine Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Rachel Scanlon: Gay Fantasy (2024) 7.8/10 EDIT “Scanlon knows her audience well. She’s not trying to be palatable to everyone, instead making every single queer person (and clued-in ally) watching feel like they’re part of the best club ever.” – Paste Magazine Jul 8, 2024 Full Review Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go (2024) 8/10 EDIT “Einbinder’s silly self-seriousness is the glue that holds the special together. Her impressions are plentiful and hilarious, as are the facial expressions she deploys to sell a punchline.” – Paste Magazine Jun 21, 2024 Full Review Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed (2024) 9/10 EDIT “At first the decision to film without color may feel like a twee affectation that tries too hard to lend the special gravitas, but Martin’s exquisite set earns the timeless look.” – Paste Magazine Apr 5, 2024 Full Review Good One: A Show About Jokes (2024) 100% 7.2/10 EDIT “For longtime comedy fans, many of these revelations will feel fairly obvious, but to newcomers and Birbiglia devotees, there are genuine insights here.” – Paste Magazine Apr 1, 2024 Full Review Tig Notaro: Hello Again (2024) 7.7/10 EDIT “Notaro’s exquisite storytelling has always been her best strength, and it continues to be in this new special. It helps that she has such strange tales to tell, and her pacing and ease on stage heighten her set.” – Paste Magazine Mar 28, 2024 Full Review Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (2024) 8.9/10 EDIT “Throughout More Feelings, Youssef's carefully paced, casually delivered jokes are the framework for his own clear-eyed observations. This isn't just a comedy special, but a call to recognize and honor our shared humanity.” – Paste Magazine Mar 28, 2024 Full Review Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional (2024) 100% 9/10 EDIT “On Seasoned Professional we’re just hearing from Slate herself, and the special is the better for it. Between her enthusiasm and director Gillian Robespierre’s dynamic eye, we don’t need anything else interrupting the show.” – Paste Magazine Feb 27, 2024 Full Review Dusty Slay: Workin' Man (2024) 8.4/10 EDIT “Throughout the set he'll tell the audience "We're having a good time," -- and he's goddamn right, we are. ” – Paste Magazine Jan 17, 2024 Full Review Pete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli (2024) 6/10 EDIT “Turbo Fonzarelli ends up feeling puerile, an hour where Davidson can munch on the lowest hanging fruit without much effort at all. ” – Paste Magazine Jan 9, 2024 Full Review Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023) 42% 6.9/10 EDIT “While there are plenty of laughs along the trio’s journey, PDD reminds us why it’s been over a decade since the last SNL feature-length project. ” – Paste Magazine Nov 18, 2023 Full Review Marcella Arguello: Bitch, Grow Up! (2023) 7.8/10 EDIT “Honestly, most comedians who rely on crowd work are rarely this engaged with an audience, and it’s enthralling, if a little tense at times. ” – Paste Magazine Jul 5, 2023 Full Review Wanda Sykes: I'm An Entertainer (2023) 100% EDIT “By centering her individual perspective, Sykes injects humor and newfound vigor into conversations that fall flat in a lesser comics’ hands. ” – Paste Magazine Jun 7, 2023 Full Review Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (2023) 6.6/10 EDIT “If you've seen Good Deal, then Yang's new special will feel like a slightly tedious though occasionally funny repeat. It's a shame that Guess How Much? ends up so undercooked and unsatisfactory.” – Paste Magazine May 26, 2023 Full Review A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou (2023) 67% 6/10 EDIT “Most of "A Whole Lifetime" disappoints. There are funny one-liners, and Demetriou’s slapstick is charming as ever, but the disparate pieces don’t come together as well as you’d hope. But hey, that’s life. ” – Paste Magazine May 11, 2023 Full Review Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (2023) 93% 7.9/10 EDIT “The result is a special that’s frothy, almost to a fault. The frequent twee-ness can be grating, but the jokes are funny enough to counteract the overly cutesy bits.” – Paste Magazine May 8, 2023 Full Review Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023) 7.7/10 EDIT “Let’s raise a glass, and tug an earlobe, to Burnett. There’s no one like her.” – Paste Magazine Apr 27, 2023 Full Review Josh Johnson: Up Here Killing Myself (2023) 8.4/10 EDIT “Up Here Killing Myself establishes Johnson as a naturally gifted storyteller. His turn of phrase is conversational yet inventive, elevating stories that were already funny to begin with. ” – Paste Magazine Mar 6, 2023 Full Review The Civil Dead (2023) 97% 7.8/10 EDIT “Their organic connection, as well as the fraying edges of friendship explored in the movie, make The Civil Dead a hilarious and emotionally devastating watch.” – Paste Magazine Mar 6, 2023 Full Review Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder (2022) 8.9/10 EDIT “Feels like a gymnast perfectly sticking the landing after a dazzling routine. Charming and well-crafted, The Intruder is a rollicking good time.” – Paste Magazine Jan 5, 2023 Full Review Chelsea Handler: Revolution (2022) 6.9/10 EDIT “There’s an undeniable verve to her performance. That’s in contrast to the joke writing, though. Most of the bits are predictable -- so predictable, in fact, that the audience often laughs in anticipation of the punchlines. ” – Paste Magazine Jan 5, 2023 Full Review Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (2022) 91% 5.9/10 EDIT “Everything about Who Killed Santa? comes across as Netflix’s low effort attempt to churn out more Christmas content, which is a shame because hilarious performers like Kurt Braunohler and Eliza Coupe are wasted here.” – Paste Magazine Dec 29, 2022 Full Review Vir Das: Landing (2022) 7.8/10 EDIT “The special works, though, when Das sticks to the power of a microphone and what drew him to comedy in the first place. He can be a little self-aggrandizing, but it’s also artfully done and, ultimately, earned. ” – Paste Magazine Dec 29, 2022 Full Review Ian Lara: Romantic Comedy (2022) 7.7/10 EDIT “The native New Yorker takes to the stage in his new HBO special, Romantic Comedy, with a charming balance of confidence and self-deprecation that wins over soon-to-be fans.” – Paste Magazine Nov 14, 2022 Full Review Chris Redd: Why Am I Like This? (2022) 7.8/10 EDIT “Redd shows off just how game he is for going off track and embracing spontaneous hilarity. His exuberance is infectious, buoying his every movement.” – Paste Magazine Nov 7, 2022 Full Review
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