Marty, Life Is Short

Matt Roush says...

“Marty is good at life,” says comedian John Mulaney, one of many admirers interviewed for director/friend Lawrence Kasdan‘s intimate and revealing biographical profile of the Emmy and Tony-winning Martin Short. Life hasn’t always been easy for the agelessly impish Canada-born entertainer, who suffered family tragedies at a young age and lost his wife to cancer and a daughter to suicide. But with a resilience as remarkable as his versatility, Short shares home movies and other archival footage (including some shot by Steven Spielberg) as he reflects on his still-thriving career. The film includes commentary from his SCTV co-stars Eugene Levy and the late Catherine O’Hara, his Only Murders in the Building and touring buddy Steve Martin, and Tom Hanks, who declares, “Marty operates at the speed of joy.” Anyone who’s seen him in action knows that joy is contagious.

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