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A documentary on the life of comedian, Chris Farley.
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| Adam Sandler | ... | Self | |
| Bob Odenkirk | ... | Self | |
| Christina Applegate | ... | Self | |
| Mike Myers | ... | Self | |
| David Spade | ... | Self | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Self | |
| Bo Derek | ... | Self | |
| Chris Rock | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Chris Farley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Molly Shannon | ... | Self | |
| Will Sasso | ... | Self | |
| Jay Mohr | ... | Self | |
| Dana Carvey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Belushi | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jon Lovitz | ... | Self | |
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The photograph on the cover of the I Am Chris Farley documentary was also the cover used on the magazine Entertainment Weekly (EW) in 1998 for the Chris Farley tribute. (The Last Days of Chris Farley. #413, January 9, 1998) See more »
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"I Am Chris Farley" is a documentary about the late comedian. It takes archival footage and current interviews from family and other comedians to tell the tail of how a very talented young man lost his ongoing battle with drugs, alcohol, and fame.
Starting out as early as a child, Farley was always considered the class clown. He loved entertaining people and his sole purpose seemed to be just to make people happy. That's really kinda' sweet in itself. Most people could give a damn whether you're happy or not, but his sweetness went above and beyond. Even after he became a "star," he could still be found entertaining sick children, talking to homeless people, and just being an all-round nice person.
What troubled me most was how the majority of people--both family and friends--always wanted to remain comfortably dumb about his addictions, and these addictions did not manifest themselves later in his life. It seemed he had been dealing with an obsession with alcohol from his early years. He drank to excess MANY times, asking one of his friends (upon opening a liquor closet) "don't you just want to drink every last drop that's in here?" Many comedians who were interviewed admitted they knew what he was doing, but very few- -if any--really tried to get him help.
I had to re-think and re-think my review. It was extremely hard for me to review a biography on someone I really didn't care for that much. I did not care for his type of comedy because I've never been one for slapstick. I also did not care for most of his cronies: David Spade and Adam Sandler, in particular. Watching this bio, however, helped me understand just a little better where Chris Farley came from. He was never intentionally mean to anyone and only tried to make people laugh. The bio was well done.
This movie is unrated for language and brief nudity.