The Comedy
The comedy film of Rick Alverson, is starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy. This has no clear narration, instead showing individual scenes of Swanson's behavior as his talent. Swanson is a wanderer who lives in a boat. He and pal always imitate strangers they meet up
11 August 1983, Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 April 1976, Audubon, Pennsylvania, USA
11 August 1978, Houston, Texas, USA
20 November 1948, Irvington, New Jersey, USA
3 February 1976, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
25 November 1967, Darwin, Australia
June 28, 2013
While this could have been the perfect portrait of a certain kind of idiot, the baroque cruelties and tonal monotony go too far.
December 06, 2012
None of this is necessarily funny. That's the extent of the irony here.
November 15, 2012
If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.
April 01, 2013
An essential portrait of a generation of people laughing so hard that they've forgotten the joke is on them.
April 13, 2016
For something titled The Comedy, this movie isn't funny. Or charming, likable, enjoyable, or any other adjectives you would find splashed on a poster.
December 06, 2012
The longest and dreariest 94 minutes I've spent on a movie this year.
November 29, 2012
The joke, I guess, is that there's nothing funny about "The Comedy."
November 25, 2013
As a portrait of a generation that's almost collectively sociopathic, this is frightening. For the right audience it's also damn funny. If I wasn't so emotionally stunted and able to enjoy things unironically I'd say I loved it.
January 24, 2013
Champions what it appears to mock and indicts what it appears to glorify.
November 16, 2012
A character study that tries to make the revolting compelling.
January 24, 2013
This is a lacerating portrait of the sort of narcissistic self-loathing that has kept educated, economically comfortable young people from achieving their true potential, from Benjamin Braddock to Hannah Horvath.
November 22, 2012
A mean-spirited piece of mumblecore that tries to provoke you, but only succeeds in boring you.
