A jewel thief named Frank Stone is a very deeply disturbed, anti social, milquetoast who finds no joy or humor in anything - until he awakens from a deep coma.
Conversations meander and fizzle; characters repeat themselves, speaking in banalities and cliches.
– Rob Staeger,
Village Voice,
22 Apr 2015
rotten:
"Laugh Killer Laugh" is a tired parody that seems to have been constructed from received notions of noir and mob movies. Even the jazzy score sounds like an affectation.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
23 Apr 2015
fresh:
Self-discovery through artistic expression is often trite, but Frank's rehabilitation and transformation readily win us over when we're least expecting it.