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The Comedy

Movie
2012
1h 35m
R
English
Comedy, Drama
User Score: 
6.1
Critic Score: 
47
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Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.
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The Comedy

R
Movie
2012
1h 35m
English
Comedy, Drama
Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.
Rating
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6.1
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The Comedy (2012) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
47

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Restaurant Manager
Alexia Rasmussen
Young Woman
Grace Rex
Hospital Nurse
Liza Kate
Sister-In-Law
Seth Koen
Male nurse
Angus Hepburn
Wealthy Man
Grace Kiley
Wealthy Woman
Ryan Raftery
Antique shop patron
Yianni Kool
Taxi Driver
Roxanne Ferris
Woman Mistaken For Prostitute
Directed By: Rick Alverson

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Moorogan-deleted-1458203688 says...
11 years ago
I dont think it'd be a stretch to call this one of the most relevant and brilliant films of the past 20 years. Heidecker delivers an amazing performance as Swanson, a man perhaps iconic of a generation, desensitized to everything through his own psychological defence of irony and indulgence. The film is neither satire nor, 'ironically', actually a comedy. It's an apocalyptic observation of a certain trend in our society, as we watch Swanson trying to desperately 'feel' something. The only solution comes in the form of the film's ending, which I won't spoil, but does give a small amount of closure. Alverson perfectly manages to capture the few remaining ounces of humanity in Swanson, and the frequent contrast of the characters against modernist American symbolism is a great touch.
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6abi says...
11 years ago
A long drawn out silly movie. Kinda dry.
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mike_a says...
3 years ago
Depending on what critical lens I look through I could rate this film anywhere from a 5 to a 9; It's aimless and seems to meander just like the main characters life. > "Nevertheless, the movie did get me to think, and that is a success, and almost a redemption of its own." rogerebert.com
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS3/10  6 years ago
[3.4/10] What if you made a movie about a man who is completely lacking in empathy, who is spoiled, and offensive, and occasionally even abhorrent, and showed him never really growing or changing or learning anything? What if you hinted that he was more than a little broken, but and maybe even carri More
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