The Comedian (2016)
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Over the last 20 years De Niro has taken a lot of crap for putting out a lot of crap movies.... And justifiably so in my opinion... He went from being one of the greatest living actors to being a parody of himself. It seemed like this movie was his attempt to redeem himself by attempting to really act again. Sadly, he feel short. This movie was evidence he's totally lost "it" and he's never getting it back.
This movie really had potential... Bobby did a great job, the plot is fine, here is the issue I don't know Leslie Mann, she might even be a great person but she is annoying to watch, her acting skills need work. Now acting is not easy, and she could become great, but in this movie she quickly became a liability, not an asset. This is what creates a bad product.
Here's The Lowedown in "The Comedian" (R - 2016 - US)...She lost me when she said, "We like to think"!!Genre: Drama/FunnyMy Score: 6.6Cast=10 Acting=7 Plot=6 Ending=6 Story=7 Drama=7 Script=8 Filming=5 Funny=4 Ad-Lib=6Jackie is a comic icon, attempting to reinvent himself despite his audience only wanting to know him as a television character he played earlier in his career. "Once you can make a woman laugh then you can make her do anything, they say. I don't know if that's true." I expected more from such an amazing cast, but there was a solid script and story here. The movie is classified as a comedy, but it plays better as a drama with it's serious path. The only time I burst out laughing was at the end. It's worth a watch if you are interested in the story...I'll take you out for an ass cream later.
The film "The Comedian" is not really funny , kind of annoying and nasty. Is Robert De Niros character , Jackie Burke , supposed to be Rupert Pupkin after thirty years in the business , all bitter , nasty and burned out? Of course , "King of Comedy" was a much better and entertaining movie had more interesting characters and focus , and Scorsese is a better director than Taylor Hackford. I don't understand why ANYONE would find Jackie Burke funny , charming or anything. It wanted to be a nice character study between Deniro and Leslie Mann , which sort of works , but then you have the relationship between Jackie Burke and his brother , played by Danny DeVito, which was just annoying. Italians playing Jews is an interesting dynamic , and , as I like to say , Jews and Italians are very similar in character , especially in New York. It could have been a lot better , but it is what it is, which is not a very good film.