Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by Ahmed A — 09 May 2018
Scorsese took some risks to turn a familiar concept that is actually impossible to work on screen, or at least that what I thought.
A lot of familiarity has been revealed at the first half of the third act of the movie along with some clichéd dialogue. Also, the pacing slowed down a bit at the very beginning of the third act. That being said, these flaws didn't bother me so much as the rest of the third act was brilliant!
That's by no means what I expected. I thought it's kinda light comedy, but it turned out to be a very subtle dark comedy. Still consider it a more light-hearted version of Taxi Driver! Very under-appreciated, though.
(8/10).
This review of The King of Comedy (1982) was written by Ahmed A on 09 May 2018.
The King of Comedy has generally received very positive reviews.
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