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 [show more]
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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
American stand-up comedian Tommy Fawkes (Oliver Platt) has always lived in the shadow of his famous father, undisputed 'King of Comedy' George Fawkes (Jerry Lewis). After bombing in Las Vegas, Tommy travels to his childhood home - Blackpool, England - in search of his roots and some new material. He meets troubled-but-brilliant comic performer Jack Parker (Lee Evans), whose father and uncle were once famous clowns who performed on the same bill as his father. Tommy is shocked to discover that not only did George steal his best routines from Jack's family, but Jack is also his half-brother from an affair George conducted with Jack's mother, Katie (Leslie Caron).
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