‘The Comedian’: Film Review | AFI Fest 2016, The Hollywood Reporter
Da THR. Robert De Niro stars as a bitter standup comic in this character study with a strong supporting cast. The Comedian, which had its world premiere at AFI Fest and will be released by Sony Classics later this year, must be the first post-election movie to feature a joke about Donald Trump (a pretty…
Robert De Niro’s ‘The Comedian’ To World Premiere At AFI Fest
As reported last week by Deadline’s Mike Fleming, Taylor Hackford’s feature The Comedian will make its world premiere Friday Nov. 11 as a special screening of AFI Fest 2016 in Hollywood. From Sony Pictures Classics and Cinelou Films, the film stars Robert De Niro as an aging comic icon named Jackie attempting to reinvent himself, though his audience only wants…
