About this movie
- Genres:
- Drama
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 1:34:02
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- Oct 23, 2012
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Tim Heidecker
- Eric Wareheim
- James Murphy
Directors
- Rick Alverson
The Comedy
2:19
Trailer for The Comedy
From Tribeca Film. Tim Heidecker (Tim & Eric Awesome Show) stars as an aging hipster testing the limits of acceptable behavior with his like-minded friends (Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy) in this provocative character study.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
44%
percent positive reviews
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle TimesThe longest and dreariest 94 minutes I've spent on a movie this year.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
None of this is necessarily funny. That's the extent of the irony here.
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Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
The joke, I guess, is that there's nothing funny about "The Comedy."
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David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
A mean-spirited piece of mumblecore that tries to provoke you, but only succeeds in boring you.
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Kyle Smith, New York Post
A character study that tries to make the revolting compelling.
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A.O. Scott, New York Times
If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
The movie may critique its antihero, but it also offers just one more venue in which he's allowed to wallow - while we pay his way.
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