After his wife passes away, a Hasidic cantor enlists the aide of a community college biology teacher when he becomes obsessed with determining how long it will take her body to return to the earth. This movie is a very understated comedy. It's surprsingly clever and funny. It's wonderful to see Son of Saul's Geza Rohrig in something wacky and fresh. Matthew Broderick is absolutely hysterical. This is one zany buddy comedy! 5/5 |
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Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown is a new documentary about actor, director, humanitarian Jerry Lewis. The film primarily focuses on Lewis' style and philosophy, his evolution as a clown/actor/artist and his work as a director, his success in France, and his philanthropy. The doc features a lot of hilarious footage that make it a fun watch. However, it completely avoids getting personal about Lewis. The doc completely side steps around Lewis' personal relationship with Dean Martin, framing it as strictly professional. While it touches on his health problems and addiction to pain killers, the film never really touches on anything about Lewis' personal life such as love interests, never mentioning his two wives nor his children. And, while the film is rife with great clips, it merely teases the audience about Lewis' failed/never released Holocaust film, it never delivers with any clips. 3.5/5 |
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