Tough Sh*t
by Kevin Smith
Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good
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Critic Rating
61%
Critic Reviews: 11
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Reader Rating
89%
Reader Ratings: 227
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Synopsis
Profane, honest, and totally wise sh*t from one of America's most original voicesTake one look at Kevin Smith: He's a balding fatty who wears a size XXL hockey jersey, shorts, and slippers year-round. Not a likely source for life advice. But take a second look at Kevin Smith: He changed filmmaking forever when he was twenty-four with the release of Clerks, and since then has gone on to make nine more profitable movies, runs his own production company, wrote a... more
About Kevin Smith
- All Critics: 11
- Positive: 8
- Negative: 3
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AV Club | 28 Mar 2012
Not that there’s anything wrong with focusing more on entertaining readers than counseling them. But Smith’s entertainment, as always, is meant for a specific audience, one with a taste for adolescent raunch.
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Kirkus Reviews | 19 Mar 2012
Which is why it’s doubly frustrating to read Smith’s scattered thoughts on criticism, audiences and artistic growth—thoughts that seem all the more contradictory, self-serving and wrongheaded for being surrounded by so much that is well-argued and insightful.
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Hippocampus Magazine | 1 May 2012
While a closer editing would have made it more readable, it might have destroyed the spirit that is the man....
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NerdCaliber | 19 May 2012
It is very relatable, very down-to-Earth, and reads like a friend telling you what he/she went through at work/mall/bar/strip club today.
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 May 2012
Filthier than it needs to be, more self-aggrandizing than it should be, but more inspiring than you’d think it could be.
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GeekNative | 11 Mar 2012
...easy to recommend to any hardcore Smith fan but it’s more complex for anyone else. Overall; this autobiography is a low risk for a high reward investment though – if you’re not certain, but suspect you might like it, I’d grab a copy.
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Organized Remains | 5 May 2012
Overall, I wasn't a big fan of this autobiography....The book feels less about giving a reader insight to his personal life and more like long advertisements to check out his past, present and future work.
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blurppy | 2 May 2012
...this book doesn’t solve life’s problems but it does highlight some of them and gives you a taste as to how someone, just like you, dealt with them. Good or bad, right or wrong, the path chosen is an entertaining one.
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The Choke Bucket | 5 Apr 2012
I say pick up this book and read it for inspiration....And when you finish this book you will say, that was disgusting. But if this lazy bastard can do it, anyone can.
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Pop Culture Landscape
In any case, grab this book if you can, it’s a great read, full of revelations about the perils of Hollywood movie making, how much….ahem….”fun” it is to work with Bruce Willis, and so much more.
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Leap In The Dark | 17 May 2012
Some might find it a bit of a stretch comparing Kevin Smith's philosophy of life with that of e.e. cummings. But what he has to say about art and being an artist ranks right up there with cummings.
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