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Funny Bones, directed by Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song), is a weird but intriguing comedy with a particularly dark edge. Oliver Platt plays a would-be comedian, the son of a major comedy star (Jerry Lewis); dad's reputation even overshadows his son's Las Vegas debut. After that flop the son tries to go back to his roots and heads across the Atlantic for his father's launch pad in Blackpool. There, he meets his previously unknown half-brother (Lee Evans), a bizarre comedy savant who teaches him a thing or two about taking risks to get laughs, and discovers a secret about how his father got started. Platt is likably lost and Lewis is perfectly overbearing, but the real find here is Evans, making his cinematic debut as the rubber-faced, protean comic with always surprising material. --Marshall Fine
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Funny Bones is an oddity of a movie which manages to be excruciatingly funny in places, yet desperately touching in others and at times, astonishingly creepy. I don't like Jerry Lewis, but this movie gave me a respect for his ability I never had before, and gave a showcase to some brilliant but less well-known comedy talent - especially to some faces long absent from public attention. If you want to be surprised, amused and thoroughly entertained, try this one out.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I first saw this film late at night when nothing better was on. What a treat it was. Lee Evans is excellent as the demented, but funny comic. It has some great plot twists (the one at the end is great) and moving story line, with some really funny moments in-between. Highly recommened.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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That's the essence of the story of this film, that to be a true clown you need to be born with "funny bones", it's not something you can simply have trained into you. Lee Evans plays a semi-tragic character, a young man with a disturbed past, but he has the knack of being able to naturally make people laugh. By contrast Oliver Platt's character yearns to be a great comedian like his father (played by Jerry Lewis), but the one time he tries his hand at a stand-up routine at a glitzy show in Las Vegas, he bombs. To flee the humiliation, and to try and learn what it is to be a great comedian, he goes to Blackpool. By studying all the small-time variety acts there he intends to find his "funny bones".
This is an engagingly surreal British film. I've never seen Blackpool shown in such a delightfully quirky way before, it almost at times feels like it should be in some peculiar part of Mid-West America. It's also a wonderful tribute to the scores of unknown entertainers who just simply keep enduring against all the odds, even when living with great hardship. The two aged clowns who make a living (if you can call it that) by putting in guest appearances on the Ghost Train is simply downright bizarre! There is a quite unnecessary sub-plot about some crooks (headed by Oliver Reed, putting in a short, and wierd, appearance). Lee Evans does his usual energetic performance. His frantic pirate radio sketch is one of the highlights of the film, as is the finale at Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The best part for me though was Platt auditioning each of the entertainers to try and get ideas. That was very funny indeed!
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Masterpiece . Joyful and dark at the same time.
I Grinned
I cried
I laughed
I got aggitated
I cant recommend it enough.
From a miriad shots of Blackpool alongside Black Blues players dominating the... Read more
I cried
I laughed
I got aggitated
I cant recommend it enough.
From a miriad shots of Blackpool alongside Black Blues players dominating the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Ray
funny bones
fab.as a jerry lewis fan one of his best lee evans superb and george carl a total genius if you havent had the pleasure of watching this man work you have missed a treat. Read more
Published 11 months ago by rokkit
lee evans made it worth watching
was okay, but don't think i would have enjoyed it if lee evans
wasn't in it
wasn't in it
Published 23 months ago by kaz
Probably the best film too few people will ever see
I am not too familiar with Lee Evans as a comedian, but this film is one of the most beautifully crafted films I have ever seen. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Mr. P. D. Jackson
A Deeply Disturbing, Hilarious Film
I have yet to actually meet someone else outside our family who has seen this masterpiece. It is a work of genius. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by Mr. M. Poole
Is it drama or comedy? It's a hommage to Blackpool!
If you buy this DVD on what the cover looks like, you're in for a surprise. I watched this film for five times and the surprise hasn't worn off yet! Read more
Published on 22 April 2007 by Yovra
Excellent dark comedy
This is a great film - it's very dark and very funny. The star of the show is Lee Evans - which is why it's bizarre that he's not even pictured on the cover (I assume that was an... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2007 by Marcus G
I lost a rib
This is not a funny film. It is a masterpiece of black comedy, that challenges the accepted boundaries of the genre. Lee Evans, who is only given scant credit, is blinding. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2004 by Mr. M. P. Martin
.....Seedy?
altogether, a wonderful film... quite disturbing in parts and yet hilarious in others.. lee evans performance is at its greatest... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2003 by "fallen-_-angel666"
Melancholy comedy
This is Lee Evans' first feature-length film (recently he followed it with 'Mousehunt'), and he's just as good here as he is in his live comedy videos - he has some great lines and... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2000 by Ben Elliss
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