Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by Nathaniel R — 07 Jun 2008
Interesting dark comedy with Robert De Niro playing a rookie comedian who is pushed to criminal acts in order to get on a late night talk show. De Niro's performance is probably this films greatest asset, being funny but slightly insane and scary the entire time.
I felt that there were a few slow patchs but there are some really excellent scenes and it serves as an interesting companion to Scorsese's earlier film "Taxi Driver". Definitely worth seeing.
This review of The King of Comedy (1982) was written by Nathaniel R on 07 Jun 2008.
The King of Comedy has generally received very positive reviews.
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