Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

...funny, heartbreaking, and casually profound about the insatiable need for validation and approval that fuels so much stand-up comedy.

Rivers' resilience and work ethic are inspiring — it's one of the best films (fiction or non) of the year.

Candid, gripping and cringy...

...Joan Rivers... The way she is funny is, she tells the truth according to herself.

...the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work suggests that her fierce, relentless, endless self-making is noteworthy...