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A Futile and Stupid Gesture

2018

David Wain

Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Seth Green, Thomas Lennon ...

5.7

1,031

Drama. Comedy In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Doug Kenney.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A biopic that's so bizarrely slapdash you can't believe a minute of it (...) The scenes lurch and stumble by"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"'Stupid Gesture' cleverly plays around with the conventions of the form"
		Charles Bramesco AV Club	"While pretty consistently amusing, the film still suffers from a chronic case of Wikipediitis"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"The biggest problem is the script that tries to cover too much ground but doesn’t really have that much to say as it does so (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		David Edelstein Vulture	"'A Futile and Stupid Gesture' captures that Kenney while respecting his mystery. It’s not particularly illuminating, but it’s far from futile."
		Alex Welch IGN	"An engrossing, if slight, tribute to one of comedy’s most influential voices."

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