Dane Cook - Vicious Circle | 
 enlarge | Director: Marty Callner
Actor: Dane Cook
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 2760
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 95
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: HBOD93718D
UPC: 026359371820
EAN: 0026359371820
ASIN: B000IU37TS
Theatrical Release Date: September 4, 2006
Release Date: November 28, 2006
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 11/28/2006 Rating: Nr
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Dane Cook receives a rock star's welcome from a packed arena in this stand-up concert originally broadcast on HBO. But the jury may still be out on whether Cook is phenomenally funny or simply a phenomenon. He is certainly a master of the new media. Cook has savvily marketed himself on the Internet to his target college-age audience, and they have embraced him as a fellow "bro" and "dude," who would seemingly be awesome to party with. In his timbre and physicality, he has the shaggy, likeable quality of Will Farrell, another frat boy favorite. Cook is a man of his people. At one point, he is interrupted by a drunken Boston Red Sox fan who wants to shake his hand. Cook then leaps off the stage and chases him up the aisle to give him a send-off hug, all the while being clapped on the back and offered high and low fives by the cheering audience. Cook comes complete with arrested development lingo, such as "Here's what drove me banana sandwich," that will no doubt be repeated around the dorm. Don't look to Cook for satirical insights on politics, the war, or even pop culture. His world view is much narrower. In Vicious Circle he expounds on the pleasures and traps of lying, male crying, being sneezed on, his father's robe, bad relationships, and sundry sexual matters that cannot be printed here. Cook takes awhile to get where he's going, but his digressions are often funnier than the pay offs. He puts the brakes on one story during which he mimes driving a car to remark that if he were actually driving this way, he would be all over the road. During other bits, he parses the different spray modes on Windex, and takes the phrase "being cheated on" literally. And it takes some kind of associative genius to compare a certain female body part to a high school stage theatre curtain. The less than well received Employee of the Month aside, Cook is currently king of the comedy hill. Vicious Circle offers a time capsule look at these heady good times for the great Dane. As for where he goes from here, the good news is that Steve Martin once filled arenas like this. The bad news: So did Andrew Dice Clay. --Donald Liebenson
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 Love it. January 6, 2009
I saw Dane Cook at a friend's house while dog-sitting and absolutely loved it. I had to buy it, so I bought it for my boyfriend for Christmas. We both watch it all the time.
 Dane at his best! December 27, 2008
I have watched all of Dane's other comedy routines, and this is by far his best one. This DVD has several deleted scenes, which are worth the purchase price alone. Highly recommended to any fan of Dane Cook.
 SPARE ME THE SERMON November 29, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I always though this guy was funny until he started ranting about Christianity. He tells a joke about an Atheist, and the joke ends in the Atheist being reborn as a tree, chopped down, made into the paper, and turned into a bible. The Christian crowd (did they ship this audience in from church?) goes nuts. In that moment, the stadium takes on the feel of a church cathedral. Dane stands center stage, mic in hand preaching to the audience, his image blown up on four jumbotron screens, spouting off about religion, while the Christian audience cheers wildly. Jimmy Stewart would be proud. Hey, maybe the next HBO special will be done at The Church of our Holy Father in southern California. Perhaps they'll pass out copies of the bible as the audience leaves the show. Folks watching at home will be encouraged to hold a cross to the TV screen to receive blessings. Dane Cook, I think it best if you keep your religion to yourself. But so as to provide some balance to this sermon, I encourage everyone to check out George Carlin on youtube, under "religion is bs". Christians got a good laugh from Dane's performance... now, here's a laugh for all you Atheists out there. Oh, and God bless.
Vicious Circle October 31, 2008
This is a great stand up video of Dane Cook, the stories he tells is quite like the stand up from Eddie Murphy in the 80's, but, is original. A great date flick,or, if you just want to laugh until you cry, Dane Cook can do that. Great story telling and lots of energy, this DVD is a must have for comedy lovers!
 By a round of aplause, how do you feel? October 2, 2008
Dane Cook proves that a stand up comedian can get the same reactions from an audience as a rockstar. Great show, but those of you that don't live in the US should either get an American DVD-player, or just watch it on your computer.
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