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King of Comedy, The (1983) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give King of Comedy, The (1983) a score of 3.2807 out of 4

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Film as Art

Martin Scorsese excels at making two kinds of films, and he does each with such ferocious originality and skillful technique that I am convinced that he is the greatest living director, from the United States or anywhere. The first type is the ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at Film as Art

DVD Confidential

When released back in 1983, The King Of Comedy received rather negative critical response, in fact People Magazine named it their Flop Of The Year. But time has served this dark comedy well ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at DVD Confidential

TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro must be the most celebrated director/star collaborators in recent American film history. Together they have produced some of the most powerful films of the last several decades--MEAN STREETS, TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)

Martin Scorsese has made a lot of great films and has populated them with a lot of memorable characters, many with dark and confused minds. Rupert Pupkin is key to Scorsese's path as an artist. It's a crossroad between his outsider's point-of-view and ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)

filmcritic.com (Eric Vanstrom)

The King of Comedy is a wholly original and entirely offbeat, dark comedy about fame, obsessive fandom, and the medium from which they both feed: television. The film careens from witty satire to difficult melodrama to downright silly and back again. ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at filmcritic.com (Eric Vanstrom)

Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

The King of Comedy isn't so much a comedy in the traditional sense, although it might be classified as a twisted, and quite tragic, comedy of errors. It is also scathing satire on the rising popularity of people who will do anything to get a piece of ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

De Niro's performance was truly creepy. He delivered his lines and held himself like he was always on stage, exaggerating his laughs and using unnatural changes in pitch to keep us on edge. In a way, it was more edgy than his Travis Bickle from ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

ToxicUniverse.com (Brandon Curtis)

I don't think anybody will ever be able to understand the mind of a man like Stephen Chow, but when he's firing on all cylinders I'm all smiles and most movies just don't do that much for me anymore. ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Brandon Curtis)

FilmHead.com - Video Pick

I find the temptation to go after similar titles too great this week, and my Scorsese kick made it almost mandatory to make The King of Comedy my second pick. In the film, Robert De Niro plays Rupert Pupkin, a wannabe comedian that has an unhealthy ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at FilmHead.com - Video Pick

DVDActive (Peter Hudson)

The King of Comedy is definitely not for everyone. People expecting a hilarious De Niro comedy a la Analyze This will be put off by the film’s serious undertones, and anyone expecting a dark glimpse into the mind of obsession probably won’t ...read the complete King of Comedy movie review at DVDActive (Peter Hudson)

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