The documentary "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" seems more like a PR presentation than an in-depth look at the Queen of Stand-Up. The film glosses over a lot of Rivers' self-inflicted wounds and doesn't interview anyone that doesn't love her. The film is still interesting but it is really carried by Rivers' stand-up material. Part of me would rather have simply watched a stand-up special or a collection of her greatest hits. A lot of reviews claim that this is a great look at what it's like to be in show business but that doesn't really hold since the whole reason that Rivers still works and basically shills for whatever will pay her is because she's committed to living a ridiculously lavish lifestyle.

I'd recommend putting this film on the ol' Netflix queue or telling people to catch it when it hits the movie channels but there's no reason to really go out and see the movie. It's entertaining and there are worse ways to spend a couple of hours but the film itself just doesn't have enough to it to really be anything more than a puff piece with selected moments of soul-baring stories.