"Enter Laughing" was first a book by Carl Reiner, then a successful Broadway play and, finally, this movie. I mildly enjoyed the film...my wife disliked it...mostly because there are a lot of cringe-worthy moments. These moments are not because it's a bad film...more because the humor is a bit painful to watch at times.
Reni Santoni plays David, a Jewish man growing up in the 1940s-50s. Rather out of the blue, he decides he wants to be an actor...though his parents have very different plans for him. Now if David had been any good, the cringe-inducing moments never would have been in the film. David clearly is horrible and the only reason he gets an acting job is because the leading lady in the play (Eileen May) thinks he's cute and insists her father (Jose Ferrer) cast him in the production. Can David possibly convince his family acting ISN'T a total waste of time or is he destined to head to pharmacy school?
Although Carl Reiner wrote this story, it's NOT a laugh out loud movie. In fact, the humor that is there is much more subtle and the story instead is just a painful story of a no-talent. Reasonably entertaining and worth seeing...if you can handle the embarrassing moments...and David has plenty!
Reni Santoni plays David, a Jewish man growing up in the 1940s-50s. Rather out of the blue, he decides he wants to be an actor...though his parents have very different plans for him. Now if David had been any good, the cringe-inducing moments never would have been in the film. David clearly is horrible and the only reason he gets an acting job is because the leading lady in the play (Eileen May) thinks he's cute and insists her father (Jose Ferrer) cast him in the production. Can David possibly convince his family acting ISN'T a total waste of time or is he destined to head to pharmacy school?
Although Carl Reiner wrote this story, it's NOT a laugh out loud movie. In fact, the humor that is there is much more subtle and the story instead is just a painful story of a no-talent. Reasonably entertaining and worth seeing...if you can handle the embarrassing moments...and David has plenty!