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Funny Bones [DVD] [1995]

DVD ~ Jerry Lewis

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Actors: Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths
Directors: Peter Chelsom
Writers: Peter Chelsom, Peter Flannery
Producers: Peter Chelsom, Laurie Borg, Lester Berman, Nicholas Frye, Peter McMillan
Format: PAL
Language English
Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Swedish, French, Dutch, Norwegian, English, Spanish
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
DVD Release Date: 22 Mar 2004
Run Time: 123 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0001IMCB6
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,092 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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A young comic actor returns to his home town when his act bombs in Las Vegas. He meets up with the seemingly dim Jack Parker who helps him uncover some family secrets to form the basis of a new comedy routine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars genuinely funny film, 26 Feb 2004

By	Chinatown Blue "cthulhoid" (S-O-T, UK) - See all my reviews

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, sad and shocking - Brilliant, 30 Nov 2000

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I lost a rib, 8 Aug 2004

By	Mr. M. P. Martin "dogp002" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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. If you feel down and need a lift, this is like attaching your car battery to your nipples and hitting the 'Big Red' GO button.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 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 4 months ago by Mr. P. D. Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 23 April 2007 by Yovra

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars true clowns are born not made.
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. Read more

Published on 28 Nov 2003 by S. Hapgood

4.0 out of 5 stars .....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 21 Feb 2003 by fallen-_-angel666

4.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more

Published on 15 Mar 2000 by Ben Elliss

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