Laugh Killer Laugh
A thief named Frank Stone is a very deeply anti social, disturbed, milquetoast who finds no joy or humor in anything, until he awakens from a deep coma with a changed personality.
24 March 1980, New York, USA
July 6, 1950 in Kolea, Algeria
19 December 1966, New York City, New York, USA
30 October 1965, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
27 May 1974, Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
19 March 1978, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 May 1964, New York City, New York, USA
8 January 1969, La Mirada, California, USA
7 May 1966, New York City, New York, USA
20 November 1972, Redlands, California, USA
7 June 1955, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 November 1961, Detroit, Michigan, USA
28 February 1969, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
26 September 1964, Mastic Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
31 July 1963, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
11 October 1967, Union Township, New Jersey, USA
April 23, 2015
"Laugh Killer Laugh" is a tired parody that seems to have been constructed from received notions of noir and mob movies. Even the jazzy score sounds like an affectation.
April 21, 2015
It is a grim, dark, and sometimes violent gangster film.
April 23, 2015
Self-discovery through artistic expression is often trite, but Frank's rehabilitation and transformation readily win us over when we're least expecting it.
April 22, 2015
Conversations meander and fizzle; characters repeat themselves, speaking in banalities and clichés.
April 23, 2015
Too grim for the average fan of crime pictures, and too brutal for many viewers who might appreciate its matter-of-fact portrayal of the lives of many PTSD sufferers.
April 23, 2015
Wins points for ambition, but doesn't survive Ahmed's stiff execution. It's dark but never profound, while the rest of the effort struggles to achieve consistency, leaving laughs and emotion in short supply.
