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The Comedian

2016

Taylor Hackford

Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Hannibal Buress, Danny DeVito ...

5.3

195

Comedy A look at the life of an aging insult comic.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Fine acting can't quite redeem a sleazy central character (...) 'The Comedian' (...) must be the first post-election movie to feature a joke about Donald Trump"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"Too conventional to function as shock comedy and too angry to spark spontaneous laughs, 'The Comedian' is a film without a purpose"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Robert De Niro gives one of his warmest performances in recent years in The Comedian, a mighty likeable but ultimately flimsy comedy-drama"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"The movie aims to be 'The Wrestler' for the comedy-club set, but it too often settles for cheap gags and even cheaper sentiment"
		Geoff Berkshire Variety	"Even though De Niro never quite sells the stand-up, the movie still may have worked if it surrounded him with characters worthy of the actors playing them"

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