Tim Minchin: So Live (2007 Video) User Reviews

A junkie-in-tuxedo reaches the summit of chanson.

[mkrjmn · 10/10 · 26 February 2010]

I just watched this work and found tunes familiar also never seen live in action.

A first impression of a performer is a junkie-in-tuxedo.

At the end of show the impression is a visually-looking-as-junkie-in-tuxedo, talented, fantastic performer feeling his tuxedo too tight for gigging in.

What does make this absolutely casual guy's performing attractive to?

A clear accent, sharp wording and professional multi-style acting/singing/piano playing sustain very much his CLASSIC-STYLE CHANSON which will surely place HIM exactly, not lovely sex-saturating Eddie Murphy, Connolly, Robin Williams of the USA, etc, at the summit of a theatrical paramount if his scenic career is not suddenly interrupted, in notebooks on art and comedy.

May his erection, Tim Minchin's muse his texts testify steadily to, lasts far beyond a time of artist's physical possibilities to perform at a stage, inspiring Tim's entertaining for good of viewers' generations oncoming.

Incredible

[davidadams08 · 10/10 · 2 September 2011]

Tim Minchin is one of the most talented and brilliant singer/song writers of our time. This show hands down is his best and I have watched it countless times. I actually enjoy it a lot more than listening to his albums because he is so creative in his shows when it is just him and a piano or a guitar. If you have not seen this show, you must! The show itself is almost 2 hours long but it seems as though it is only about 30mins long because it is so entertaining. Although some of his idea are rather radical, he is very smart and it is shown in everyone of his songs. After seeing this film I have made a promise to myself that I would see him live once he comes to America.

Tim Minchin: So Live

[jboothmillard · 7/10 · 4 October 2010]

I first saw the Australian comedian on The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 singing a fantastic song for his wife called "If I Didn't Have You", it had fantastic speed and lyrics, and I was really looking forward to a solo show. Comedian, and musician, Tim Minchin plays to a packed audience at London's Bloomsbury Theatre with his mix of fantastic comedy songs, some poetry, and a little observational comedy. In the two hours he talks a little about his theory of the Darwin evolution cycle, babies and having, but it the songs and poem I remember him best. The poem, which made me cry with laughter the first time I saw it, was about him getting angry, and involved him having Tourettes and saying the swear words at certain moments, as if it was part of the sentence. The songs fantastic songs featured include "So F***ing Rock", "Inflatable You", "Rock N Roll Nerd", "Ten Foot Cock and A Few Hundred Virgins", "Some People Have It Worse Than I", "Peace Anthem For Palestine", "You Grew On Me", "Dark Side" and many more. Tim Minchin was number 81 on The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2010. Very good!

A unique way to bring comedy.

[deloudelouvain · 7/10 · 16 February 2019]

After watching the Tim Minchin biography Rock 'N Roll Nerd (2008) I had some doubts whether I would like his shows or not. A stand up comedy filled with piano music didn't seem very attractive to me as piano music isn't really my kind of thing but in all fairness I had it wrong. Tim Minchin has a unique way to bring his quirky comedy. A show full of songs with funny speedy lyrics, to bring his view on all kind of subjects. Tim Minchin is a waterfall of words when he performs, lyrics that are funny and that make you think out of the ordinary. Still not 100% convinced about the piano though, but that's just my musical taste.