The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,379 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
174 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff RossScreenplay
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- Richard LaGraveneseScreenplay
- Terence BlanchardOriginal Music Composer
- Lewis FriedmanScreenplay
- Art LinsonScreenplay
Cast
- Robert De NiroJackie Burke
- Leslie MannHarmony Schiltz
- Danny DeVitoJimmy Berkowitz
- Edie FalcoMiller
- Harvey KeitelMac Schiltz
- Charles GrodinDick D'Angelo
- Patti LuPoneFlorence Berkowitz
- Cloris LeachmanMay Conner
- Veronica FerresKarola
- Lois SmithMiriam
- Billy CrystalBilly Crystal
- Lucy DeVitoBrittany Berkowitz
Stills
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Themes
comedianaginginsult