Entertainment is the kind of independent film you would once had caught on late night television on an arts channel back in the 1980s and 90s.
It's a throwback to an alternative USA of small towns and low rent venues where careers die or take the first steps to a long road to stardom.
Gregg Turkington plays a morose unfunny combative comedian. He plays prisons and dives. He usually stinks the place out, sometimes he does not even get paid.
When he gets heckled, he insults the heckler with a stream of abuse. This is a comedian who intentionally looks like a wreck and his life is one.
He leaves messages to his daughter on the phone. She doesn't call back. The comedian is a misanthrope and he knows there is no light at the end of the tunnel for him.
Accompanying him is a clown act. A physical performer who at least shows some gratitude and care to the comedian.
Directed by Rick Alverson and co written by Turkington. This is a deliberately downbeat film with a few strange vignettes. Michael Cera pops up in bathroom as some kind of hustler who wants the comedian's company. The comedian helps give birth to a baby that is stillborn.
Entertainment is an ironic title. It's not really entertaining. It goes nowhere and is a misery fest.
It's a throwback to an alternative USA of small towns and low rent venues where careers die or take the first steps to a long road to stardom.
Gregg Turkington plays a morose unfunny combative comedian. He plays prisons and dives. He usually stinks the place out, sometimes he does not even get paid.
When he gets heckled, he insults the heckler with a stream of abuse. This is a comedian who intentionally looks like a wreck and his life is one.
He leaves messages to his daughter on the phone. She doesn't call back. The comedian is a misanthrope and he knows there is no light at the end of the tunnel for him.
Accompanying him is a clown act. A physical performer who at least shows some gratitude and care to the comedian.
Directed by Rick Alverson and co written by Turkington. This is a deliberately downbeat film with a few strange vignettes. Michael Cera pops up in bathroom as some kind of hustler who wants the comedian's company. The comedian helps give birth to a baby that is stillborn.
Entertainment is an ironic title. It's not really entertaining. It goes nowhere and is a misery fest.