list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Punchline on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Punchline/27689/default.aspx Title: Punchline
Year: 1988
Director: David Seltzer
Plot: Sally Field goes the Roseanne route in Punchline. Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. Tom Hanks, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field the ropes. As they get to know each other, Hanks and Field begin to pick up on each other's shortcomings; though Hanks has far more talent than Field, for example, he has a positively ruinous habit of expressing his deep-down dislike of everyone else in the world, and this frequently alienates his audience. Writer-director David Seltzer times Punchline like a good joke; he continually sets up for the expected, then pulls a last-minute fast one, keeping the film lively and unpredictable throughout. The supporting cast, coincidentally including future Roseanne star John Goodman, is uniformly superb. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:07:18 GMTPunchline1988David Seltzer<a href="/players/P____89714/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sally Field</a> goes the <a href="/players/P_____2378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Roseanne</a> route in Punchline. Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. <a href="/players/P____93341/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tom Hanks</a>, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field the ropes. As they get to know each other, Hanks and Field begin to pick up on each other's shortcomings; though Hanks has far more talent than Field, for example, he has a positively ruinous habit of expressing his deep-down dislike of everyone else in the world, and this frequently alienates his audience. Writer-director <a href="/players/P___110758/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Seltzer</a> times Punchline like a good joke; he continually sets up for the expected, then pulls a last-minute fast one, keeping the film lively and unpredictable throughout. The supporting cast, coincidentally including future <a href=/films/226650/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Roseanne</a> star <a href="/players/P____27679/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Goodman</a>, is uniformly superb. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide12http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15520ouryr.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Punchline/27689/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/anger/MemberTagFilms.aspxanger
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