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'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World' doesn't find much
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" is about Albert Brooks' fictional attempt to find out what makes Muslims laugh in the 21st century. But while he's at it, he needs to refresh himself on what makes Americans laugh in the 21st century. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Comedian Albert Brooks travels to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the more than 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and a trusted assistant, goes on a journey that takes him from a concert stage in New Delhi, to the Taj Mahal, to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan.

FILM FACTS ...

Warner Independent Pictures

'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World'

Director: Albert Brooks
Starring: Albert Brooks, Homie Doroodian, Shelley Malil, Marshall Manesh, Kevin Mukherji
Run time: 98 minutes
Release date: Jan. 20, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for drug content and brief strong language.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C+
"You have to give the man credit. Brooks is willing to try anything."

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Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"Brooks's familiar, hapless persona earns a few yuks now and then ... but the film suffers from the same confusion as its protagonist."