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1986 |
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DRAMA
BLACK COMEDY
COMEDY
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109 |
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A would-be comedian (Robert De Niro, pictured) decides to crash into show business by kidnapping the host of a chat show (Jerry Lewis).
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Director Martin Scorsese investigates the sinister side of showbiz celebrity. Robert de Niro is at his best as menacing would-be megastar Rupert Pupkin, and Jerry Lewis gives the performance of his life as the nasty comedian who has Pupkin as his biggest and most threatening fan. A movie that’s one of a kind (although it has obvious thematic connections with Taxi Driver ), it's too dark to have found favour with a mass audience; but it is a masterpiece of cinematic black comedy.
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, Jerry Lewis 
