Rotten
The film, like Jimmy's routines, could use a few good laughs.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Overview
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
Director and cast
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Rotten
If the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of God,' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
There's an admirable rigor to Jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending, but as those monologues stretch on and on, you realize there's no place for this story to go but down.
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice
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