Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010) Reviews

• Real Reality TV

  StymieJ2011-01-07

  I'm surprised with such negative reviews here. In a time where we are bombarded with so-called reality TV I find this one woman show has put the "real" in reality TV. Carrie Fisher covers her life from the beginning through current times leaving nothing to the imagination. This is certainly not a perfect world and she shows us her faults as well as those who have been a part of life. Given how far her family tree reaches into the world of celebrity it's amazing she has any scope of the real world. The show is at times sad as well as unbelievable. I didn't find it to be cruel, rude or obnoxious in any way. What is here is her life story filled with good times and bad, as all of us have, though hers has been in the public eye. Ms Fisher purposefully gives us plenty of under and overtones of comedy, be it tragic or all out slapstick. An enjoyable show to say the least.

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• Hysterical and inspiring!

  HorrorCreepshow2011-12-30

  I've never been the biggest Carrie Fisher fan! I've loved her books and screenplays like the wonderful "Postcards From The Edge", but I've never really gone for Star Wars movies. Still, I adore her personality and strengths. This act is hysterically funny and moving! I simply love her charm and wit. She never wallows in self-pity like so many other movie stars. She can look back on her problems and make something funny out of them, which is something I always encourage. Why take life so seriously? Also, who knew she had such a lovely singing voice? Why hasn't she ever done a movie musical or done something on Broadway. The Great White Way is ready for you, my dear! Why sit down and explain it? Just go out there and rent or buy it! It's a terrific hour and a half of fun!

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• "Eddie rushed to Liz's side....eventually he made it around to her front."

  blanche-22011-12-04

  Carrie Fisher's one woman show is, in a word, hilarious. Fisher tells it all, growing up in Hollywood, having Eddie Fisher for a father, the Liz-Debbie-Eddie triangle, Princess Leia, her drug addiction, and her "invitation to a mental hospital." She gives us a look via a big board of Hollywood Genealogy 101 ("but don't worry, Eddie wasn't alone for long...") filled with pictures and arrows of her parents, their spouses, their children, and her own two marriages and daughter, trying to find out if her daughter and another young man on the board could date, or were they, in fact, related? Due to his retention of the Star Wars licensing, Fisher advises us that George Lucas owns her image and likeness so that "every time I look in the mirror, I have to pay him a few bucks." And she tells the audience, "If you have a chance to be a Pez dispenser, DO IT." All in all, a fun evening, obviously from the mind that brought us the entertaining "Postcards from the Edge." Fisher sees the irony in life and mines it up and down roller coaster ride for all the humor there is. She is, after all, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds, who was nominated for an Oscar for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"..."but lost to Julie Andrews for her multilayered, emotional, deep performance of Mary Poppins."

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• Carrie doesn't hold back

  brackenhe2010-12-15

  I wanted to say something positive about this special one woman show after the scathing review I just read. Most of the stuff she talked about it common knowledge, at least to me, except I didn't know that Eddie Fisher didn't marry Connie Stevens until after they had a couple of kids. Anyway, Fisher does not hold back about anything--she talks about her entire life & the lives of her famous parents. However, nothing she says really seems malicious. Both Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher were still around when she first started this show--she even mentioned that her father saw it. She never talks about anything that isn't well known, if you know anything about her at all. She seems cordial with her ex-husbands and loves her kid. She's not bitter; in fact, I found the show quite upbeat considering the mess her life had been. She's frank, but if you're a fan you'll enjoy this little peek into her life.

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• sassy and honest

  SnoopyStyle2016-10-12

  Carrie Fisher does an one-woman show in front of an adoring crowd. She starts with a story of finding a friend dead in her bed five years ago. Somehow, she makes it funny. Then she brings out a big board trying to decipher the relationship of her parents Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds with their connection to Elizabeth Taylor and their various marriages. This is probably the highlight for me. She also brings in her own failed marriage, her family, her addiction, and her mental struggles. Her father Eddie Fisher would die 3 months after the taping. Her raspy dry wit works for the most part especially when she's interacting with the audience. Her monotone voice does grate as the show keeps going. Overall, Carrie is very sassy, charismatic, and scary honest about her life.

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