The Comedy (2012)

The Comedy: Directed by Rick Alverson. With Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Jeffrey Jensen, James Murphy. Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father’s estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity and irreverence.

“There is something to be said about this film. It is real and uncomfortable, but I believe that there is something deeper going on here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe watch a bunch of genuinely unpleasant people go from place to place, and in a nutshell thatu0026#39;s it. At least on the surface that is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is could be a commentary on what freedom can do to someone. Our main character seems to have no real connection with people outside of his small group of friends. He has the possibility to inherit his fatheru0026#39;s fortune, instead goes from place to place and seems to exists.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe protagonist is a deplorable person, donu0026#39;t get me wrong, but you can connect with him in his longing to have something meaningful to happen. I can see some people not liking the fact that nothing seems to really happen in the film, but because our main character doesnu0026#39;t have anything purposeful happen to him, the film reflects that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cinematography in the film has a lot of up close shots allowing us to really read into the emotions of the main character.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne thing I havenu0026#39;t really mentioned is that the dialog is very interesting. It can go from something funny and seemingly lighthearted, but then does a complete 180. There weu0026#39;re several scenes where the humor is really there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, this film is not for really a wide crowd, but if any of this sounds interesting, I wholly recommend it.”