Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by Joshua D — 28 Jan 2015

Grade:Low 8/10.

The King of Comedy is a film directed by a visionary and played out by.

An actor who only seemed to get better as this film went along. It is.

Done well and mixes drama and comedy to make a film that is hugely.

Enjoyable but also has a very unpredictable plot which shows us how.

Much people can go to get near there celebrity idols. In the end I felt.

This film was safely very good, and here below is why so.

The story is well timed and for the length that it is, it plays out.

Very well as a plot. In the end you come out thinking "was that a.

Comedy, or a drama" well in a sense it is both but because it contains.

So much of both, you may be think it just one of the genres. It takes.

Maybe a little while to truly get stuck into the plot but it is worth.

It by the end as the ending is very unpredictable and will leave you.

With a sense of what is going on here.

Robert De Niro in the main role as Rupert Pupkin is very good and shows.

All his class that we don't always see in a comedy role, this is.

Perhaps his most diverse performance ever in film. Jerry Lewis as the.

Chat show host is calm and comfortable in the role and to say he is a.

Comedian in real life, he lets others take the funny bits as if to say.

Jerry isn't allowed to be the funny on there, he has to take it by.

Others. The rest of the cast do well but no one stands out as much as.

De Niro really and no wonder Scorsese and him work together so well.

Now on to Martin Scorsese he directs this well and really brings the.

Script alive with his commanding role that in my opinion, is the reason.

De Niro is such a good actor here. He seemed to bring the best out of.

Everyone but also with the solid script he had to work with, it is no.

Wonder it works so well to listen to and to watch. It has some good.

Bits of humour, not chocked full but could pleasantly entertain some.

Fans of Drama comedies.

There isn't much wrong with this film but what I will say is that it.

Could lack enough humour to be funny, and that maybe the story isn't.

The smartest Scorsese has ever done, maybe the most fun but not smarter.

Than most he does. I think the comedy also changes too much and bits.

Are funny then it goes away for long spells only to randomly come back.

With it's more humorous ramblings, funny bits are funny though.

Any Scorsese fan should love this, as I say maybe won't have you struck.

By the power of it, but will still thoroughly entertain you and you.

Know it is by him it done so well. Most people should enjoy this as it.

Contains all the elements a comedy drama must have and some very if not.

Weirdly likable characters in it. Some may dislike this as it can be.

Very quiet at times and slow compared to the beginning pace, but most.

Should have positive thoughts after watching this.

Overall I give this a low 8/10, it is a Safely Good Movie, not near to being.

Great in my opinion like so many others think, but I still felt it was.

Very good like I say and that makes it very very fun. With this you.

Have to marvel at the acting skills involved and may even serve as a.

Cult film to some as we really get to explore the mind of Pupkin and.

Why is he so obsessed with Stand up on the Jerry Langford show, and.

Jerry Langford himself.