Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by Brian C — 10 Aug 2010

I liked this movie from start to end. Well of course, it is a film by one of the best directors of all time, Martin Scorsese, and starring his friend Robert De Niro, because he is mostly in some of his films like â??Mean Streetsâ??, â??Raging Bullâ??, â??Goodfellasâ??, â??Casinoâ??. This is a very underrated film, I don't think it become a big hit in the 80's but sure it is one of the most enjoyable and entertaining Scorsese film that I've seen, not about gangster (that's most Scorsese's films about), not even a thriller (like in â??Shutter Islandâ?? which I didn't like) but a comedy-drama.

The story is basically simple, it is about a guy named Rupert Pupkin, who kidnaps the famous TV talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis). On the night Langford was kidnap, Pupkin appeared a little time in his show but then towards to the end, we could see what happen to him afterwards, and how Pupkin's dream was spread after that one night appearance. Throughout the movie, I am really impressed (once again) by De Niro's performance here, as well as he did in also a Scorsese picture â??Raging Bullâ?? which it won him a best actor performance. I think the whole point of this movie is to see how this Pupkin guy becomes the King of Comedy by many things if you would watch this film.

So, once again, this movie is cool and I was again relived and saved my time by watching this movie. Unlike any Scorsese's previous films (before 1982) and after films (after 1982), I would say that this film has a very original story and concept but I also think it would be better if Scorsese made this film during these days, it would be much better though there are no films that has the same premise as this one.