The Comedy

2012 • 94 minutes

À propos de ce film

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.

Notes et avis

It is amazing to see Tim Heidecker do a role such as this. He really captures the nature of someone who has not grown past his glorified youth and now wallow about life in the most pathetic way. You actually feel bad for Tim's character; His life is just boring and despicable. He lived his life for laughs and only that, and many of the engagements between characters really encapsulate this. He was always upset when he could not illicit a predicted response or was given the opposite one. The people who did end up laughing at his jokes were young, impressionable women whom did not know better, and you could sense that he knew that too. The director gave each scene a purpose to flesh out this character, and Tim really gave the character the depth that this film needed. Don't let the name fool you, the film is not a comedy: His life was "The Comedy."

A day in the life. Communally there is a whole generation that has a sense of lostness. It's not talked about. In a spiritual way it screams at us. But, what does the individual do about it? Can you do anything about it? How do you listen? I don't know. Do you want to get a beer and go to my boat?

This is an independent film and explores the often miss understood aging "cool kid". Heidecker covers the role brilliantly, a great departure from his other work. Fans of his other work maybe disappointed.