Rating: B+ -- A fascinating look at a seemingly meek guy who lives to offend, highlighting career experiences and family ties, creating a portrait of a beloved funnyman that's, at its best, eye-opening. Full Review

A revealing documentary shown through an intimate lens, Gilbert is such a personal film. There may never be another comedian like him. Full Review

The director Neil Berkeley nicely sketches his career with an emphasis on controversial comedy.

He's the comedian's antithesis: a genuine, self-effacing man without a visible drug or alcohol problem to speak of. And this makes Gilbert, the documentary, a crashing bore. Full Review

Rating: B -- The last thing the world needs right now is another portrait about the fraternity of comedians and their hardscrabble existence as America's schlubbiest road warriors... but "Gilbert" rises above the glut thanks to the strength of its subject. Full Review

Rating: 3/4 -- But while Gilbert may not break ground with its angle, its contemplative take on what separates Gottfried as a performer from Gottfried as a person is interesting enough to drive the film, even if you may not particularly like his stand-up. Full Review

A tenderly observed, remarkably insightful keeper. No joke.