Humor Me (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: April 17, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jemaine Clement & Elliott Gould | |
Performer: | Erich Bergen, Bebe Neuwirth, Ingrid Michaelson, Joey Slotnick, Priscilla Lopez, Ray Iannicelli, Malachy McCourt & Annie Potts | |
Directed by | Sam Hoffman | |
Screenwriting by | Sam Hoffman | |
Produced by | Sam Hoffman, Jamie Gordon & Courtney Potts | |
Director of Photography: | Seamus Tierney |
Entertainment Reviews:
Mr. Clements works wonders with a deadpan expression, imbuing his role with a repressed melancholy, a nice match for the poignant emotionalism of Mr. Gould’s Bob.
New York Times
The movie never gets too deep, which is half of its charm. The other half involves the low-key comic performances by a stellar cast ...
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New York Times
Rating: 1.5/5 --
As flat as day-old cream soda.
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Spectrum Culture
Rating: 2/10 --
There is no punchline to this joke, just a great big question mark. Because it's confounding that anyone is still writing a movie like Humor Me, let alone wrangling uber-talented superstars like Clement and Gould into starring in it.
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The Young Folks
Performances are this movie's strong suit. Gould could use some better material, but he sketches his character deftly and demonstrates his professional savvy.
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Hollywood Reporter
Showing great confidence in storytelling as a director, [Sam] Hoffman calls on the best of the best [actors]... while he taps cinematographer Seamus Tierney to maintain a light, bright visual palette complementing the humor at hand.
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Behind The Lens
Rating: B --
Clement channels his wry hangdog humor into a slightly more grounded performance than he often gives. His charm and absurdist tendencies help elevate Nate from a potentially self-centered man-child to a lost soul who is genuinely compelling.
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Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
After his wife abruptly leaves him, a floundering playwright (Jemaine Clement) moves in with his father (Elliott Gould) in a retirement community. While there, he bonds with his dad and gets involved in a senior theater group that's putting on a musical. Ingrid Michaelson and Annie Potts co-star. Written and directed by Sam Hoffman.