The King of Comedy
The film follows Rupert Pupkin in his attempt to achieve success in show business by kidnapping a famous comedian and talk show host and demand a slot for Rupert in the victim's show as ransom.
7 July 1934, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 June 1925, San Francisco, California, USA
17 November 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
5 September 1932, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 August 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 December 1917, Guangdong, China
26 June 1955, Clapham, London, England, UK
16 September 1936, Iran
16 March 1926, Newark, New Jersey, USA
1 October 1947, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA
27 October 1910, New York City, New York, USA
4 May 1912, Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 April 1912, New York City, New York, USA
15 December 1955, Brixton, London, England, UK
7 December 1965, New York City, New York, USA
12 March 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 February 1920, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
October 19, 2014
...remains a high-water mark in terms of De Niro's onscreen work...
June 21, 2016
Brilliantly keeps viewers unmoored, the result of its consistently off-kilter tone.
March 31, 2008
To be sure, Robert De Niro turns in another virtuoso performance for Martin Scorsese, just as in their four previous efforts. But once again -- and even more so -- they come up with a character that it's hard to spend time with.
April 18, 2014
A disturbing picture of a world in which television is taken for a "reality" higher than everyday life, it's also darkly funny.
March 21, 2017
Scorsese movie about the perils of fame has mature themes.
June 27, 2016
Scorsese infuses this tale with the passionate energy of New York street life and an outsider's wonder at the powerful workings of show business and studio craft.
December 18, 2015
The King of Comedy fancies itself a scathing social satire about the lust for celebrity carried to extremes. But ultimately, director Martin Scorsese's movie is a severely misconceived and distasteful study of delusional behavior.
June 24, 2016
The tone it establishes is challenging, because there are funny scenes and situations which could easily be played for laughs, but that black cloud of tension and danger hangs over all of them, and Scorsese won't give you that release.
March 31, 2008
The uncenteredness of the film is irritating, though it's irritating in an ambitious, risk-taking way.
April 09, 2014
I'm going to side with the dissenters this time. I can see where it might be perceived as a dark comedy, but that label doesn't absolve it from an overarching sense that Scorsese didn't push this one far enough.
January 25, 2010
It is frustrating to watch, unpleasant to remember, and, in its own way, quite effective.
