The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank WhaleyDirector
- Frank WhaleyWriter
- Jonathan Marc ShermanWriter
- Robert WhaleyOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony GrimaldiOriginal Music Composer
- Georg Brandl EgloffOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frank WhaleyJimmy O'Brien
- Carla GuginoAnnie
- Ethan HawkeRay
- Lynn CohenRuth
- Jillian StacomWendy
- Heather BuchaHostess
- Robert WhaleyMr. Slocum
- Joanna MerlinEmily
- Raynor ScheinePharmacist
- Spelman M. BeaubrunClaude
- Mark BirchTrack Coach
- Jefferson BrelandMan in Club
Themes
stand-up comedian