Overview
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
While the story itself is a good one, I’ll be honest: you’re watching this movie for Maxine Peake. She is given a colorful and quirky character, and she absolutely knocks it out of the park. She effortlessly shifts between the different sides of the character, and it was so enjoyable to watch her work. I was also really impressed with how the mother-daughter relationship was portrayed. Funny Cow looked down on her mother until she was in a similar situation. Even then, she still questioned her, even though she had made the same mistakes. The final scene was excellent.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Funny Cow
Movie title: Funny Cow
Movie description: A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Date published: 2026-09-27
Director(s): Adrian Shergold
Actor(s): Maxine Peake, Stephen Graham, Christine Bottomley, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Alun Armstrong, Lindsey Coulson, Kevin Eldon, Hannah Walters, Diane Morgan, Macy Shackleton, Hebe Beardsall, Tom Gibbons, Ashton Steele, Vic Reeves, John Bishop, Graham Hughes, Richard Hawley, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bobby Knutt, Kevin Rowland, Dominic Brunt, Duggie Brown, Robert Curtis, Steven E Harris, Kate Russell-Smith, Jayne Bickerton, Steve Money, Kay Boggett, Jake Holdsworth, Danny Hawley, Alfie Graham, Grace Graham, Lissi Brook, Lily Jones Adkin, Calvin Cawood, Bilko, Grant Crookes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Review
While the story itself is a good one, I’ll be honest: you’re watching this movie for Maxine Peake. She is given a colorful and quirky character, and she absolutely knocks it out of the park. She effortlessly shifts between the different sides of the character, and it was so enjoyable to watch her work. I was also really impressed with how the mother-daughter relationship was portrayed. Funny Cow looked down on her mother until she was in a similar situation. Even then, she still questioned her, even though she had made the same mistakes. The final scene was excellent.
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My Review - 8/10
8/10