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The King of Comedy
The film speaks of a person named Robert Bobkin who is a comedian who seeks a goal and reaches his goal but faces consequences that have to succeed but in an indirect way Robert confessed to the studio audience that he had kidnapped Jerry Langford to storm the business fair, Langford Comedy and a talk show host.
20 October 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
10 January 1956, London, England, UK
6 July 1947, White Plains, New York, USA
14 August 1909, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 March 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA
17 November 1958, Lombard, Illinois, USA
29 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 December 1965, New York City, New York, USA
22 April 1919, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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 31, 2008
The uncenteredness of the film is irritating, though it's irritating in an ambitious, risk-taking way.
March 21, 2017
Scorsese movie about the perils of fame has mature themes.
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.
June 21, 2016
Brilliantly keeps viewers unmoored, the result of its consistently off-kilter tone.
October 19, 2014
...remains a high-water mark in terms of De Niro's onscreen work...
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.
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 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.
January 25, 2010
It is frustrating to watch, unpleasant to remember, and, in its own way, quite effective.