The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Jesse James MillerWriter
- Schaun TozerOriginal Music Composer
- Jesse James MillerDirector
Cast
- Ron de MasioSelf - Manager
- Greg TateSelf - Musician
- Tiffany HaddishSelf - Actress and Comedian
- Scott SaulSelf - Author
- Rocco UrbisciSelf - Writer and Director
- Jennifer Lee PryorSelf - Wife
- Mike EppsSelf - Actor and Comedian
- Henry JaglomSelf - Actor and Director
- Jimmie WalkerSelf - Actor and Comedian
- Howie MandelSelf - Actor and Comedian
- Ishmael ReedSelf - Poet and Novelist
- Lily TomlinSelf - Actress and Comedian
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipdrug abusecinema on cinemamovie businesscomedianbiographyrags to richesracial segregationfamily secretsracismtraumatic childhoodportrait of an artist