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<blockquote data-quote="ed pluribus unum" data-source="post: 1528173" data-attributes="member: 10074">I recently watched The King of Staten Island, for no other reason than it had Bill Burr in it. It took me a while to get into it, I felt like I was going through the first season of a series just trying to get a feel for the characters (however that may have had to do with the mood I was in at the time).I ended up rather liking it overall, with some significant caveats:-I had not realized it was a Judd Apatow film, and consequently it has a more than average level of degeneracy, particularly prolific and casual teen sex and drug use.-it appears to be trying hard to portray the females as leaders/strong characters, at least compared to the malesThe upside:-the film (I would say almost in spite of itself) demonstrates the importance and significance of father figures and male companionship, as well as mentoring from older menMarisa Tomei plays the lead character&#039;s long-widowed mother who ends up kicking him out of the house, but interesting is the way it plays out: not because she is doing the &#039;tough love&#039; thing for his being a junkie, but because she has recently started dating again and appears to have hopped on the carousel full speed ahead. This isn&#039;t dwelt upon but that is how the scene comes across.Bill Burr&#039;s ex-wife craps all over him by telling the lead all sorts of awful things about Burr&#039;s character, but it turns out to be all lies. Burr later says, surrounded by his firefighter colleagues, &quot;you wanted to find out about me so you asked the person who hates me most in the world, instead of these guys?&quot;From Wiki:It wasn&#039;t bad, it has its moments and a few laughs, and the dramatic acting is well done also. Glad I watched it but I wouldn&#039;t necessarily take the time to watch it again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ed pluribus unum, post: 1528173, member: 10074"] I recently watched The King of Staten Island, for no other reason than it had Bill Burr in it. It took me a while to get into it, I felt like I was going through the first season of a series just trying to get a feel for the characters (however that may have had to do with the mood I was in at the time). I ended up rather liking it overall, with some significant caveats: -I had not realized it was a Judd Apatow film, and consequently it has a more than average level of degeneracy, particularly prolific and casual teen sex and drug use. -it appears to be trying hard to portray the females as leaders/strong characters, at least compared to the males The upside: -the film (I would say almost in spite of itself) demonstrates the importance and significance of father figures and male companionship, as well as mentoring from older men Marisa Tomei plays the lead character's long-widowed mother who ends up kicking him out of the house, but interesting is the way it plays out: not because she is doing the 'tough love' thing for his being a junkie, but because she has recently started dating again and appears to have hopped on the carousel full speed ahead. This isn't dwelt upon but that is how the scene comes across. Bill Burr's ex-wife craps all over him by telling the lead all sorts of awful things about Burr's character, but it turns out to be all lies. Burr later says, surrounded by his firefighter colleagues, "you wanted to find out about me so you asked the person who hates me most in the world, instead of these guys?" From [I]Wiki[/I]: It wasn't bad, it has its moments and a few laughs, and the dramatic acting is well done also. Glad I watched it but I wouldn't necessarily take the time to watch it again. [/QUOTE]

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