I Used to Be Funny
- 2023
- 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.6K
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Sam, a stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD, weighs whether or not to join the search for a missing teenage girl she used to nanny.Sam, a stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD, weighs whether or not to join the search for a missing teenage girl she used to nanny.Sam, a stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD, weighs whether or not to join the search for a missing teenage girl she used to nanny.
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- 6 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Ally Pankiw was dating MUNA member Naomi McPherson during the production of the film, but have since broken up. Naomi is still second to the top of special thanks during credits, and two MUNA songs feature during the film.
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I found the description of this movie to be deceptive. The story is about a former comedian where something happened that derailed her life.
The description says PSTD but what this trauma event is it not immediately revealed. The movie spends the three quarters of the time dancing around something having happened.
The dialog tries to be hip about teenage topics but it is mostly just cringe. No cap.
Much of the story is told as flash backs interweaved into the present so such it's never really clear when anything is occurring until several beats into a scene. I found this all irritating and bad story telling.
The movie eludes to what may have happened and while it's possible to guess, it's makes it all the worse that they don't just say it.
Everyone in the movie knows what happened but we are left out of being shared the details. Conversations about the event happen over and over to the point of becoming fraying, like an inside joke that no one will explain to you until you start to wonder if the pay off will be worth it.
It won't.
This fake tension is bad story telling. There is a missing child and the description creates a narrative that this is a big part of the movie but it's simply not. Our main character spends most of the movie unconcerned about the child's whereabouts. Its only purpose is to provide an ending to an otherwise meandering mess of a movie.
The description says PSTD but what this trauma event is it not immediately revealed. The movie spends the three quarters of the time dancing around something having happened.
The dialog tries to be hip about teenage topics but it is mostly just cringe. No cap.
Much of the story is told as flash backs interweaved into the present so such it's never really clear when anything is occurring until several beats into a scene. I found this all irritating and bad story telling.
The movie eludes to what may have happened and while it's possible to guess, it's makes it all the worse that they don't just say it.
Everyone in the movie knows what happened but we are left out of being shared the details. Conversations about the event happen over and over to the point of becoming fraying, like an inside joke that no one will explain to you until you start to wonder if the pay off will be worth it.
It won't.
This fake tension is bad story telling. There is a missing child and the description creates a narrative that this is a big part of the movie but it's simply not. Our main character spends most of the movie unconcerned about the child's whereabouts. Its only purpose is to provide an ending to an otherwise meandering mess of a movie.
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- Jun 22, 2024
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- Also known as
- Колись я була смішною
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $171,756
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,499
- Jun 9, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $171,756
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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