King of Comedy, The

USA 1982, 109 minutes
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Rating: [R]
Genres: Classics, Drama / Black Comedy

Aroview: Deliciously creepy story of a loser/nerd, who acts out his life ambition; to appear on a TV comedy show with Jerry Lewis. Lewis plays it straight, while Robert De Niro is in his finest form as the sincere but unbalanced fan(atic).

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2 stars (Good Try) Grew up watching Jerry Lewis as an excellent visual comedian so it was a bit of an eye opener when I first saw this very good dramatic performance. On the other hand, De Niro's character is a bit one dimensional & repetitive but Lewis makes it worthwhile ~tubbs