Funny Bones

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

9/20/1995

Runtime

128 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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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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