The Comedian
The Comedian
R | 09 December 2016 (USA)
The Comedian Trailers

An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.

Reviews
Blucher

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

... View More
Orla Zuniga

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

... View More
Clarissa Mora

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

... View More
Staci Frederick

Blistering performances.

... View More
fredtee

Terrific move. Funny, if you like anecdotal foul-mouthed humor. Reminds of the Lenny Bruce movie, "Lenny," without the cocaine and sex. Jackie presents a much more sympathetic figure than Lenny.I bet DiNero spent a lot of time prepping for this role, to get the comedic timing right...which he performs better than many professional comedians.The jokes can be considered demeaning to women, which does not fit today's emasculation of men by women who consider a comment on their body as hsexual harassment, and a pinch in their butt as sexual assualt. This may explain the movie's failure at the box office and its quick release to TV.

... View More
dmdrtn

Maybe some high school kids will get a kick out of the "poopie" and pussy jokes and enjoy an 8 year old say the f word. This is comedy?..? The acting is good, enjoyed the cameos, but felt I overpaid while I saw it free. A character study of an unsympathetic character I cared nothing about.

... View More
sharonellies

I like De Niro and DeVito. I was so disappointed! Argh! Not one laugh and it was painful to watch!!! A well placed F bomb is cool but when comedy consists of more bombs in a sentence than regular words it comes across like it was written by an uneducated buffoon. Yep...It was! Honestly, did De Niro really have to jump at a D grade script? The big funnies are toilet words. Really!!! Ummmmm....Toilet words are funny to 8 or 9 year old kiddies. If adults find this hilarious I am truly disappointed in humanity. No laughs here. On a final note I was shocked hearing a mere child deliver a stand-up comedy routine complete with F bombs worse than I would expect out of the mouth of a 60 year old trucker. This movie was F bomb bad!!!

... View More
rrrg-40661

This movie really had potential... Bobby did a great job, the plot is fine, here is the issue I don't know Leslie Mann, she might even be a great person but she is annoying to watch, her acting skills need work. Now acting is not easy, and she could become great, but in this movie she quickly became a liability, not an asset. This is what creates a bad product.

... View More