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The Jimmy Show
Comedy, Drama - 2002
5.4
40%
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A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
16 Jan 2002
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
There's an admirable rigor to Jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending, but as those monologues stretch on and on, you realize there's no place for this story to go but down.
– Leslie Camhi,
Village Voice,
10 Dec 2002
rotten:
If the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of God,' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
13 Dec 2002
rotten:
The film, like Jimmy's routines, could use a few good laughs.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
13 Dec 2002
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