
Funny Bones
Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.
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Release Date
9/20/1995Runtime
128 minsGenres
Overview
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.
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EnglishBudget
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A wounded comedian returns to his seaside hometown seeking redemption and connection to his father's legacy, unearthing both humor and heartbreak in the process. It's a tender, sometimes prickly excavation of what it means to inherit talent and expectation.
Mood
BittersweetMelancholicWistfulDefiant
Themes
Coming of ageFamilyAmbitionIdentityArt and creation
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-like
Structure
Linear
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