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By Beth N (17) on 26 Jan 2018

An unexpectedly beautiful bio. Funny and depressing, but very enlightening…

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By Alex Welch (70) for IGN (1,013) on 26 Jan 2018

Even though the use of one particular plot device ends up feeling unnecessary and Will Forte can often appear miscast in the lead role, A Futile…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 26 Jan 2018

While there’s a bit of hero worship going on that deflates the piece, and Wain’s direction is surprisingly uninspired, the biggest problem…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 26 Jan 2018

There are some highlights — mostly the lead performances…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 26 Jan 2018

A Futile and Stupid Gesture feels like a quick tour of a man’s greatest hits that relies on his accomplishments, rather than any storytelling…

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By Dangerfar (6) on 26 Jan 2018

Sharp and quippy, AFASG rides the rails of an interesting life as it helped wind up the American Lampoonery that would drive much of comedy…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 25 Jan 2018

It serves as a useful explainer to viewers who aren't comedy nerds as to why the most sought after job by Harvard grads, after doctor or lawyer,…

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By Jeremy Smith (9) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 25 Jan 2018

A conventionally raucous biopic that knows it's conventional and hopes to get away with said convention by occasionally breaking the fourth…

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By Derek M (489) on 25 Jan 2018

This movie was so well done. I laughed so hard so many times only to end the movie with tears…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 Jan 2018

Even if the casting choices in portraying some of iconic talents in Kenney’s orbit are occasionally questionable — a detail the film gleefully…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 25 Jan 2018

It’s not particularly illuminating, but it’s far from futile…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Jan 2018

While pretty consistently amusing, the film still suffers from a chronic case of Wikipediitis, recreating Kenney’s bullet-point moments as…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Jan 2018

Wry, head-shaking smiles at bad behavior are many — open laughter is lacking…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Jan 2018

Wain made a terrible mistake when he decided to turn Kenney’s story into a goof, a sketch, a riff of threadbare mockery, instead of treating…

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By Michael Roffman (138) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 24 Jan 2018

Although the film lacks his absurdism, there’s a musicality to Wain’s direction that’s addicting, and the emotional punch in the final…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Jan 2018

This is quite possibly the most self-referential, inside-jokey, look-at-how-clever-we-are, off-the-charts Meta Movie I’ve ever seen…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Indiewire (3,631) on 24 Jan 2018

Maybe this is exactly the biopic that Kenney would want, silly and bittersweet and laced with regret…

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