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I love good stand up comedy, particularity if it has (a) message(s). I've struggled watching female comedians though. Mostly because their humour tends to veer in an unnecessary anatomy or relationship degrading cliche. I prefer rough edged life humour like Bill Bure or Jim Jeffries (other than the latter obsession with a certain male anatomy as well :)

I will admit, I knew little of Chelsea Handler before I watched this. I know I saw bits of her other shows and specials and remember some humour. The only reason I watched this, is I flipped onto her interview in the daily show. I usually get bored in these repetitive interviews, but she captivated me at a personal level. Her dry humour and humility, but mostly due to her emotional plight subtly displayed.

The show itself is fractured at the beginning, it's not fluid humour but still entertaining. Within 20 minutes she gets into a flow and deliveries. She actually hit me at a personal level, where even my wife looked at me and said "that's you". I got free (and likely very expensive) psychiatric treatment from Chelsea Handler. I have a real lack of empathy and it is derived from childhood. She depicts this with perfection with great humour and the genuine nature of it almost brought me to tears. This is a rare feeling for me.

I'm giving this an 8, but my bias relation to it gives it a 10. The people giving it anything under a 7 clearly either didn't watch it, or didn't understand her message. I'm guessing it's more likely they are simple snow flakes due to political reasons. People as deep as a puddle. Thank you Chelsea for a great show! If I see you on flight, I'm going to start packing my stuff, look In your eyes, and you better follow because it's time to go.

Some reviewers made some good points why this documentary should not receive the praise that it has. I agree with many of them. It's one sided with little context of true events that made it a WORLD war. It only caters to silo mentality of "the war". My following post and criticism will also be that, but I believe will also explain the criticisms.

PBS is across Canada, I love their content. It's usually fair and balanced, a true statement other than some other TV networks. My father donated to them, so have I. Seeing absolute dismissal of Canada's involvement by this documentary is an insult to the US closes Allie

Fact from WWII "At war's end, Canada had become a significant military power with one of the largest navies in the world, the fourth largest air force and an army of six divisions."

Not only did Canada have A significant impacts on D-day, but the Invasion of Sicily was arguably won due to Canadian forces. Battle of Ortona is know to be the second bloodiest battle after Stalingrad. The Canadian first devision was so successful they beat the American and British troops to Sicily. Survivors from this battle said they were ordered to stand down or be shelled by Eisenhower as he wanted his troops to liberate the city.

This is just one small story. WWII was won by the sacrifices made the years before the US joined. From the Battle of Britain, or due to Russia and also all the other allied forces from Australia, New Zealand and all of Europe. PBS depicting the war like this was very disappointing. The pacific deserves mostly praise from the US, but the battles in Europe deserves a Fox 5 stars reporting from PBS. I'll still give it a decent rating as the brave men who they speak of deserve the utmost respect. But the documentary does not for its description of the war in Europe.

I don't normally review movies on here. Mostly because I think it's pointless since there are enough who do that cover my sentiments of movies. In this case, I felt compelled to do so due to the odd hate for this movie.

It's certainly not a masterpiece, at the most I'd call it a mildly interesting slow burn. My wife loves horror movies and will watch just about any that comes out. Most of them I wind up spending the last half on my phone due to how board I am.

I truly don't understand why so may hate this movie. There has been nothing of substance released due to COVID. Maybe some expected the shawshank redemption of thrillers or shock horror. I really have no clue. All you should expect, is your boiler plate somewhat creepy phycological thriller. Sometimes slow, but the characters are good and believable and the acting is excellent. The plot is predictable, but it still keeps you guessing.

If this is your cup of tea, watch it. If you're expecting some slasher or shocking ghost story with many cheap scares. Move on