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2015·Drama·1h 53m
7.1
Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estranged daughter.
Directed by Rick Alverson

Cast

Gregg Turkington
Gregg Turkington
The Comedian
Tye Sheridan
Tye Sheridan
Eddie The Mime
John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly
John
Lotte Verbeek
Lotte Verbeek
The Chromotherapist
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell
Frank
Amy Seimetz
Amy Seimetz
Rene
Tim Heidecker
Tim Heidecker
The Celebrity
Kalia Prescott
Kalia Prescott
Maria
Tonantzin Carmelo
Tonantzin Carmelo
Teresa
Waymond Lee
Waymond Lee
Prisoner
David Yow
David Yow
Party Host
Michael Cera
Michael Cera
Tommy

Crew

Rick Alverson
Rick Alverson
Director
Rick Alverson
Rick Alverson
Writer
Tim Heidecker
Tim Heidecker
Writer
Gregg Turkington
Gregg Turkington
Writer
Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor
Editor
Lorenzo Hagerman
Lorenzo Hagerman
Director of Photography
Ryan Zacarias
Ryan Zacarias
Producer

Popular Reviews

24 reviews
Nikita Lozhkin
Nikita Lozhkin
Entertainment
Holy fuck I love it, legendary LEGENDARY Rick Alverson Leeegendary rick alverson have been creating masterpieces
Holy fuck I love it, legendary LEGENDARY Rick Alverson Leeegendary rick alverson have been creating masterpieces
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Nikita Lozhkin
Nikita Lozhkin
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Nah it's really brilliant, whatever you say it's just colossal
Nah it's really brilliant, whatever you say it's just colossal
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Nikita Lozhkin
Nikita Lozhkin
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It's so overwhelmingly gloomy, that it gives some kind of a nausea, it's very very powerful in any shades of blue. Feels like absolute despair.

Anything besides that would be a spoiler in some way, it has great music, perfect cinematography and quite strange, even though the theme of the movie is clear.

If I were a lighter with a little fuel left then this whould fully extinguished any flame left in me

Yeah, in other words, I'm pretty much left speechless
It's so overwhelmingly gloomy, that it gives some kind of a nausea, it's very very powerful in any shades of blue. Feels like absolute despair.

Anything besides that would be a spoiler in some way, it has great music, perfect cinematography and quite strange, even though the theme of the movie is clear.

If I were a lighter with a little fuel left then this whould fully extinguished any flame left in me

Yeah, in other words, I'm pretty much left speechless
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ytfbatumn
ytfbatumn
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After my first watching of The Comedy, I could tell I did not come into the movie with the expectations needed to enjoy it to its fullest. I rewatched it shortly thereafter having adjusted, and I grew to love it. I started this movie with the same approach that I did on my second view of The Comedy, and this also worked for me. Alverson's characters are severely emotionally repressed and under-developed as people. He kind of writes his protagonists to be Wes Anderson characters without the aesthetic flair. It makes the movies interesting from the perspective of a character case study. The finale of both his movies I have seen are perfect.

Also, Jagjaguwar produced this? That is cool.
After my first watching of The Comedy, I could tell I did not come into the movie with the expectations needed to enjoy it to its fullest. I rewatched it shortly thereafter having adjusted, and I grew to love it. I started this movie with the same approach that I did on my second view of The Comedy, and this also worked for me. Alverson's characters are severely emotionally repressed and under-developed as people. He kind of writes his protagonists to be Wes Anderson characters without the aesthetic flair. It makes the movies interesting from the perspective of a character case study. The finale of both his movies I have seen are perfect.

Also, Jagjaguwar produced this? That is cool.
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Aedan
Aedan
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Open Micers the movie
Open Micers the movie
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