A splendid, enchanting movie centered around a phenomenal performance from De Niro in one of my favorite roles of his. It's different, it's exciting and, maybe it was just me, but I found it almost uplifting. One of his strangest films, Scorsese is on the top of his game. How could he regret making this?

You'll wear your teeth out.

De Niro's Pupkin is almost too awkward to enjoy, but Scorsese manages to craft an absurd delight from his protagonist's distance from reality. Societies manufactured love of fame is examined in all its excess, as its pursuit leads to some surreal conclusions. The deranged manner in which Pupkin idolizes Langford is not very far removed from the irrational connection that people frequently perceive between themselves and celebrity. It's through this critique that The King of Comedy shines.

A neglected masterpiece this sharp black comedy is Martin's Scorsese's beautiully understated near masterpiece with a bravura performance from Robert DeNiro, he also gets sterling support from Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard. Why does nobody ever mention this in the same breath as Taxi Driver because it deserves to be up there.

Darkly comic look at the behaviour of 2 obsessed fans and the totally undeserving focus of their attention. This film has much to say about the nature of fame and the desire for it and it can be quite uncomfortable to watch. Some great acting and direction but not one of my favourite Scorsese films.

Zimmerman's brilliant script shines through the last minutes, helped, of course, by Scorsese's sensibility and De Niro's wonderful material as Rupert Pupkin.

The sad (and ultimately pathetically funny) life of a geek fanboy who chases stardom and... Well, you've got to see it to bleieve it.

I'd rather sleep with Uruk-hai than Sandra Bernhard.

Bobby de Niro playing a slightly different brand of lunatic to his role in Taxi Driver. I really enjoyed how this film looked at the idea of fame as and end in itself compared to fame attained through talent. That we never see Pupkin's 'act' till near the movie's end really works in the favour of this idea. Clever, funny and well acted.

Have been putting this off because the premise seemed too cheesy. Honestly I liked it almost as much as Raging Bull. The characters weren't as developed, and I can't pin down why I liked it. The 1-dimensional sadness of the main characters was done so well as to lift itself above that single dimension. Jerry Lewis, however, was developed a bit more than I expected.

Scorsese at his finest...again. De Niro is absolutely fantastic in this film. You can see elements of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull in his performance of an utterly clueless comedian trying to make it big in the worst way possible. Someone else put it as "you know that scene in Taxi Driver where he's completely clueless and takes a girl to a porno and the entire scene is really uncomfortable? This film is that feeling stretched out for two hours." Couldn't agree more. Must-watch,

This often ignored Scorsese film shows again how good actor Robert De Niro is. It could be a double picture with Taxi Driver in terms of thems and characters altough The King of Comedy does not contain any blood or violence. De Niro plays again twisted nobody that this time is obsessed with a celebrity, and determed to host a TV comedy show even if it means to abduck the actual host (played brilliantly by Jerry Lewis).