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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary On the cusp of inheriting his father's estate, Swanson is a man with unlimited options. An aging hipster in Brooklyn, he spends his days in aimless recreation with like-minded friends in games of comic irreverence and mock sincerity. As Swanson grows restless of the safety a sheltered life offers him, he tests the limits of acceptable be...

Directed By: Rick Alverson

Written By: Robert Donne, Colm O'Leary, Rick Alverson

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 35 m

The Comedy

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary On the cusp of inheriting his father's estate, Swanson is a man with unlimited options. An aging hipster in Brooklyn, he spends his days in aimless recreation with like-minded friends in games of comic irreverence and mock sincerity. As Swanson grows restless of the safety a sheltered life offers him, he tests the limits of acceptable be...

Directed By: Rick Alverson

Written By: Robert Donne, Colm O'Leary, Rick Alverson

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
40% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
27% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
40% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
27% Negative
4 Reviews

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91
Nov 8, 2012
It's a meaty film, filled with ideas unobscured by any generic narrative string, a move that shows not only the confidence of the director but his respect of the audience. This is one that'll have people talking.
By Christopher Bell FULL REVIEW
88
Nov 4, 2012
Tim Heidecker's Swanson does not amuse us in spite of the pity he inspires but because of it.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 16, 2012
Picture "Raging Bull" with a sleazy prep from the Brooklyn hipsteropolis of Williamsburg, and you'll get the idea of The Comedy, a character study that tries to make the revolting compelling.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 7, 2012
There's not a false note in the film, but maybe there's a difference between accuracy and truth.
FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 28, 2012
The film retreads much of the anti-comedic territory already bulldozed in Heidecker and Wareheim's own "Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie," retaining the scatological flavor but none of the surrealism.
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20
Nov 16, 2012
If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
0
Nov 23, 2012
The Comedy, one of the most self-indulgent, pretentious and unfunny movies of the year, is a mean-spirited piece of mumblecore that tries to provoke you, but only succeeds in boring you.
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Production Company Glass Eye Pix, Greyshack Films, Jagjaguwar, Rough House Pictures
Release Date Nov 9, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/thecomedyfilm
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Awards

Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Oak Cliff Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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