Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995 · 128 min · EN · 6.5 (45 votes)
Dir. Peter Chelsom · Starring Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths, Oliver Reed · Music John Altman

Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.

Comedy

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.

VIBE

A poignant, character-driven comedy that feels like a warm, slightly worn hug. It captures the bittersweet ache of chasing dreams while grappling with family history and the ghosts of summers past.

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