The Jimmy Show

Name: The Jimmy Show
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 13, 2002
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, Frank Whaley

2002

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First Look International | Release Date: December 13, 2002 | R

Starring: Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, Frank Whaley

Summary: Set in the 1970's and 1980's, this is the story of a failed New Jersey inventor (Whaley) who embarks on a career as a standup comedian.

Director: Frank Whaley

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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V.A. Musetto

Whaley gives an earnest performance, especially when he's articulating his frustrations during his monologues. But it's all relentlessly glum. The film, like Jimmy's routines, could use a few good laughs. Read full review

Jack Mathews

The movie is as unpleasant as its hero, and the film audience gets no more for its money than the customers at the Laughing Stock. Still, watching Whaley take Jimmy down his tortured path has some morbid appeal -- like a train wreck in progress. Read full review

Leslie Camhi

Backed by a strong supporting cast, Whaley makes Jimmy a vivid character, but he never achieves anything like the tragic grandeur of a Willy Loman. He's at once too earnest and too unappealing. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Whaley's determination to immerse you in sheer, unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting. Read full review

Stephen Holden

The kind of movie that is a must to avoid on a bad day. Even on a good one, it could send you into a funk. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Pic has a stagy, boxed-in feel. Both visually and energetically, it suggests something that has been done onstage to the point of mechanized repetition. And even though Whaley is supposed to be playing a disillusioned character, it's the actor himself who seems fatigued and over-rehearsed. Read full review

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