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LLM 2007 says:

Useless I was excited to find this disc, since there’s very little English-language material available on laughter yoga. I was less excited to watch it, since it turned out to be a sloppy and useless home iMovie project. Four people meet up in New York’s Central Park. A blonde lady hogs the camera and seems extremely pleased with herself. She flirts extremely with a man who is tall dark and handsome; it is unclear whether he reciprocates her feelings, or isn’t into girls. There is interminable bad dancing. There is virtually no laughter yoga except the basic Ho-Ho-Ho-Ha-Ha-Ha exercise, which is done quite quickly and not discussed. There is no guidance or advice on laughter yoga.A Japanese man, identified late in the feature as a former Kabuki actor, appears to despise the others, who may have paid him to be there; he laughs almost not at all. Central Park strangers are often in the frame; they appear harassed and angry. The talentless dancing and rudimentary exercise last about ten minutes, followed by a far longer “Interview with the Cast,” in which the camcorder owners talk about how they’re brilliant professional dancers and really like themselves. The Kabuki actor briefly performs a Japanese stage laugh, mannered, astonishing, full of history and culture and — I say it measuredly — magic.Then the moment is gone. The troglodytic others silence him with their braindead yakking, and the tragedy is complete.Zero stars.