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Jun 12, 2020 · Forget all the missing thematic depth or character—“The King of Staten Island” just isn’t nearly as funny as the best of Apatow or even Davidson’s stand-up material. It's lost in a tonal valley, unsure of how to wring comedy from trauma and depression, but also unwilling to really consider either.
1 day ago · Pete Davidson's semi-autobiographical movie, The King of Staten Island, receives a positive accuracy score from a professional New York firefighter.The 2020 comedy-drama, directed by Judd Apatow, follows a young man struggling to find direction in his life after his firefighter father passed away during 9/11.
Jun 11, 2020 · “The King of Staten Island” is one of those 10-block-radius life slices whose smallness and intimacy ought to be a virtue. But the movie seems afraid of itself.
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Jun 8, 2020 · It’s a freewheeling and funny blue-collar dramedy set in Staten Island, New York, often feeling as if Bruce Springsteen has directed a remake of I Vitelloni. Apatow’s co-writer and star is 26...
Jun 13, 2020 · The King of Staten Island and the Pain of Moving On Judd Apatow’s latest movie goes light on laughs as it confronts the traumas that stop people from growing up. By David Sims
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Jun 8, 2020 · Pete Davidson stars as a fictionalized version of himself alongside Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr and Bel Powley in Judd Apatow's comedy about grief, family and New York City's least popular borough. By...
Jun 8, 2020 · Judd Apatow's 'The King of Staten Island' is a personally inspired tragicomedy about loss, aimlessness and the pain of growing up starring "SNL's" Pete Davidson.
