Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ricki Stern directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 16 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers and Kathy Griffin carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt1568150 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 51 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

84 min · 1h 24m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

92% 🍅 Fresh

Metacritic

79/100

IMDB rating

7.3/10 · 3,845 votes

MPAA

R

US box office

$2,930,687

Also by

Ricki Stern

• 
  The Trials of Darryl Hunt

  2007 · ★ 8.1
• 
  UFOs on the Record

  2011 · ★ 8.0
• 
  A Radical Life

  2022 · ★ 7.8
• 
  Reversing Roe

  2018 · ★ 7.3
• 
  The Devil Came on Horseback

  2007 · ★ 7.2
• 
  UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

  2023 · ★ 7.1

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK - Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Break Thru Films

  US

Key crew

• ThanksWilliam Ivey Long

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• comedian
• biography
• american
• duringcreditsstinger
• woman director
• actress
• joan rivers

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2010-01-25R