Tramadol nights is more bad than good insomuch as more of the runtime is occupied by utterly dire sketches. The stand up is actually quite good and is sometimes top notch powerful, satirical stuff IMO. The sketches always strike me as very childish and unintelligent; a complete contrast really to Boyle's own witty if often crude stand up, which is nearly always amusing. The use of racist words does not offend me even though I am not white; I get that this is dark humour. In fact I think that their use often makes his satirical jokes all the more powerful.
If it was just 1/2 hour of Boyle stand up I would probably give it 8/10. (A bit like Russell Howard's show is mostly stand up, although he is not as good)
If it was just 1/2 hour of Boyle stand up I would probably give it 8/10. (A bit like Russell Howard's show is mostly stand up, although he is not as good)