Morgan Neville’s two-part series traces Steve Martin’s career from 1970s stand-up to his recent collaborations with Martin Short and the popular Only Murders in the Building.
The only unwieldy thing about this expansive and enlightening biographical documentary about comic icon Steve Martin is its full title:. The title is factually correct, but it doesn’t – and probably couldn’t – do justice to what director Morgan Neville has created with his wry but nonetheless willing subject. The two feature-length episodes frame Martin’s life not just chronologically, but emotionally. They build to a subtle, resonant whole.
There’s a touch of deification – Jerry Seinfeld describes Martin as “the most idolised comic ever” – but for the most part,is focused on its subject’s struggles and learning arc. The scope is staggering. Martin’s stand-up career is the field’s most influential, yet he retired from it in 1980. One of the pleasures is how timeless the humour is – the concepts still hit, allied with Martin’s physical expressiveness.
Now also looks back over Martin’s film career, although it’s the bombs he dwells on, but the most joyous professional element is, with whom he’s been performing live these past few years. The two ride bikes and try lines on each other in a kind of giddy shared Indian summer; it’s sweet, but their sense of humour never sags.
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