Tig Notaro fans and comedy fans in general will likely enjoy Tig for the exposure it offers to a comedy star as she pursues her life and finds her professional footing again. For all others, it will be more of a bumpy ride.

York and especially Goolsby have a background in reality television, and that pedigree is all too apparent in the way the film is shot and edited, leaning heavily on confessional interviews and montages set to emotional music.

Tig is... a frank look at the many things that make a life, that change a life, without embroidery or quick-hit editing.

It's an emotional and moving portrait of life after cancer, and of the sort of equanimity that can come out of tragedy.