Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain 2013

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: His fans will love it; their main complaint may be that it ends too soon. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: His energetic stand-up routine at the Garden can be riotously funny. It also can be frenetic and repetitive. More judicious editing would have showcased his talents better. Read more

Kyle Ryan, AV Club: Let Me Explain finds Hart at the peak of his powers, so the film's long coronation feels justified, if gaudy. Strip away the preamble and just give him a mic, and he'd earn it all the same. Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: This frantic energy at times touches on genius, at other times suggests desperation. And the directors don't do him any favors by the annoyingly frequent close-ups of audience members in convulsions of laughter. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Once Hart finally gets onstage his act can barely live up to the hype. Read more

Adam Graham, Detroit News: It packs plenty of laughs, which is ultimately what you want out of a stand-up film. Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: He tells elliptical stories that go on so long and take so many weird detours that they end up being funny even when they shouldn't be. Read more

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David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: If you were to judge Let Me Explain purely on its performance portion, filmed at Madison Square Garden during Hart's 2012 tour, the film would merit a full extra star. But at 75 minutes, it feels too skimpy to rave over. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: [Not] as strong as such previous dispatches as "Seriously...Funny." Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Any comic who can play the Garden must be good, but you wouldn't know it from this jumble of random routines and on-the-bus footage. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Some of Hart's set -- including jokes about his security team and an inspired recounting of a disastrous trip to a dude ranch -- is hilarious. And his profane outrage is often funny enough to sell the weaker writing. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Once Hart is on, he's hilarious; be warned, however, he takes a long time to get under way. Read more

David Haglund, Slate: He is, maybe, a little too frenetic, too frequently at full speed. But when he gets rolling, the laugh lines come quick, one after the other, and he kills. Read more

Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The film is flat and lazy, and the audio mix is so low it sounds as if the audience is barely laughing. His cable comedy specials have better production values. Read more

Toronto Star: Kevin Hart's (Along Came Polly) audience loves him, but if you're not in love yet, this probably won't start the infatuation for you. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Hart's talents get a great pedestal in this film -- once it shuts up and finally lets him take the stage. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: Diminutive and energetic, he exudes comedy with every spirited step and elaborate gesture. He's hilarious, but almost as important, he's self-aware enough to joke about his own shortcomings. Read more