Another successful collaboration between De Niro and Scorsese. This time they deviated a little from their standards. It doesn't look like a Scorsese movie to me, however that doesn't mean it's a bad movie, and even though De Niro plays a slightly unusual role for him, he did a great job. Jerry Lewis is literally playing himself here. It is obvious why they chose the names of the main roles, Jerry because that is the name of Lewis, and Pupkin because of how it would often be mispronounced. I was a little bothered by the role of Sandra Bernhard, I didn't like it, and I don't think it had any effect on the whole film. From the behavior of the main character Rupert, who is desperately looking for the "right" opportunity for success, I got the impression that the character is a psychopath because his persistence turns into obsession and the boundary between reality and his dreams does not exist. That's why my ending loses on quality because it's left to us viewers to decide what the real reality is.
Review of The King of Comedy
