Back to browse
57% Critic Match
The Comedian
“nobody's a bargain”
5.7 / 10• 2016• 2h 0m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
Cast & Crew
Robert De Niro
Jackie Burke
Lead
Leslie Mann
Harmony Schiltz
Danny DeVito
Jimmy Berkowitz
Edie Falco
Miller
Harvey Keitel
Mac Schiltz
Charles Grodin
Dick D'Angelo
Patti LuPone
Florence Berkowitz
Cloris Leachman
May Conner
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Taylor Hackford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Comedian is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
