King of Comedy, The (1983) Movie Reviews

Yojimbo 07/13/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

A blackest of the black comedy and fascinating study of obsession. It takes a while to get going, but De Niro is magnificent as you'd expect and Jerry Lewis is a revelation. A powerful and funny commentary on the power of the media and "cult of personality".

mitchellyoung 12/17/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

Scorsese moves away from the epic plots with this film to present a claustrophobic and neurotic black comedy that features fantastic performances from both De Niro and Jerry Lewis (playing a darker character that he has in the past.) It's a film not only about the nature of fame, but also the nature of comedy.

dukeakasmudge 09/13/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

Deniro & Jerry Lewis were brilliant.I love this movie

GJ81 05/10/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

An under-rated film, this is probably one of Scorsese's most entertaining movies, and one of De Niro's best performances.

GGauthier 09/07/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

One of the best Boby's performances. I find this movie underrated for that simple matter. Is not Scorsese's best, is not a marvelous film, but it's weird, and also well constructed, wich makes it unique. You'll love it specially if you're a Robert DeNiro fan.