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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986 1h 37m R
Drama
,
Biography
,
Comedy
6.3
50%
79%
64%
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After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
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Directed By
Richard Pryor
Written By
Rocco Urbisci
,
Paul Mooney
,
Richard Pryor
Studio
Columbia Pictures
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Cast of Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Richard Pryor
Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
Debbie Allen
Michelle
Art Evans
Arturo
Fay Hauser
Grace
Barbara Williams
Dawn
Carmen McRae
Grandmother
Paula Kelly
Satin Doll
Diahnne Déa
Mother
Scoey Mitchell
Father
Billy Eckstine
Johnny Barnett
Tanya Boyd
Alicia
Wings Hauser
Cliff
E'Lon Cox
Little Jo Jo
Michael Ironside
Detective Lawrence
J.J. Barry
Sal
Mike Genovese
Gino
Marlene Warfield
Sonja
Virginia Capers
Emma Ray
Dennis Farina
Freddy
Frederick Coffin
Dr. Weissman
Richard Grossman
Dr. Carlyle
Ken Foree
Big Jake
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Reviews
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The sorrow is real, the pity is palpable - but Richard Pryor should have let someone else film his life story.
Apollo Guide
Jeremy Heilman
If it hadn't been directed by its subject, it would have been a great disservice. As such, it's just a major disappointment.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Pryor has taken some major risks in this movie. He has played straight and honest with his story, but he also has shown that he has a real gift as a director; the narrative scenes in the movie have a conviction and an interest that grow and hold us.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
Completely forgettable
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
Awesome!
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
First-time filmmaker Pryor delivers a predominantly tedious drama that's made all-the-more interminable by a hopelessly uninvolving structure...
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
It's much better than its reputation.
Detroit Free Press
Catherine Rambeau
A disappointing waste of talented actors.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
Above all, Pryor emphasizes... Jo Jo's elusive selfhood-the fundamental problem of what performers who feel fully alive only while onstage or on camera do with the rest of their time.
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Peter Rainer
Watching it is like overhearing the patter of a close friend coming out of a delirium.
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