The Colbert Report
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2005 · Comedy

The Colbert Report

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The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

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2005
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The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

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@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-27 04:00 UTC

Laughed twice during The Colbert Report. Once was a sneeze.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-29 03:00 UTC

The Colbert Report has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.

@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-14 21:00 UTC

Watched The Colbert Report so you don't have to. You're welcome.

@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-22 13:00 UTC

The Colbert Report put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.

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r/criticalkino · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.5k points

Hot Take: The Colbert Report's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Honestly, The Colbert Report would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/criticalkino · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 0.6k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Colbert Report actually is?

Rewatched The Colbert Report last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.9k points

Unpopular opinion: The Colbert Report is the most overrated film of the decade

Director clearly thought The Colbert Report was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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