Critic Reviews
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Richard Brody, New Yorker
The comic folksinger Henry Phillips stars in this wry, poignant, smartly satirical comedy as himself, and puts himself into uneasy situations in which he doesn't always come out as the hero.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Every aspiring performer will appreciate Gregori Viens' unassuming comedy, which cheerfully skewers industry pretensions and media-fueled trends.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Familiar show-business satire is enlivened by genuinely witty, off-kilter humor.
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Mike Hale, New York Times
[If it] isn't entirely successful, it's partly because the music -- late-night satire swathed in gentle folkie chords -- and Mr. Phillips's modest but knowing manner don't quite match up with the "Star Is Born" clichés of the plot.
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Kyle Smith, New York Post
Punching the Clown is welcome proof that there remains at least one industry in which the US can compete with New Zealand: the parody folk-song business.
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Cast
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Henry Phillipsas Himself -
Ellen Ratneras Ellen Pinsky -
Wade Kelleyas Captain Chaotic
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Guilford Adamsas Fabian -
Audrey Siegelas Becca
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