This unfortunately fell short with me. I have been a fan on Matt Rife's for a while now but unfortunately seeing this special turned out to be not special at all.
Matt Rife has made a real name for himself via social media and his crowd work which is phenomenal and some of the best I have seen as of late.
In this special it's focussed on his actual set and not his crowd work as obviously crowd work completely differs from show to show but your general set does not.
At the end of this special you see quick clips of Matt Rife doing his crowd work after his set has finished and in those short clips is where you can see the audience laughing the loudest.
We want to see you engaging with your audience.
All in all looking forward to seeing how Matt does progress as a comedian.
Matt Rife: Natural Selection
2023
Action / Comedy
Matt Rife: Natural Selection
2023
Action / Comedy
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Plot summary
From his problem with protection crystals to his beef with social media trolls, comedian Matt Rife holds nothing back in this rollicking stand-up special.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
November 18, 2023 at 06:43 PM
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I like Matt Rife but....
He's better unscripted
I love Matt Fife on instagram and social, he is so funny and charming!.....but this wasn't funny. His opening 5 minutes was tearing down women and it wasn't funny it was just words. As was most of his act, rehearsing jokes that were funny in other settings but not stand alone. He definitely needs to feed off his crowd, he is so funny but this scripted stand up, lame. People know him from social and know he's funny so that will carry him a while, and his looks... but the kid should stick with small crowds he can engage. That is his thing, he's funny and on it. This stuff... um not so much. I will pass on anything else from him like this.
Awful Stuff
I think Matt Rife can be pretty engaging in his audience work that I see online. His timing is always on target and I generally laugh with enthusiasm.
But this Netflix special is just not funny. His jokes are tired and pretty cliche. He tries so hard to be comedic but the whole mess just seems forced and boring. I really like observational comics. I thought that Matt would have that style but this feels like a bunch of jokes meshed together with lots of cursing and sex themes and horrendous timing that just are not funny if you are over 18 and have half a brain. Maybe this guy is just not really a standup comic at all.