Hi, I’m Judd Apatow. So he sits around, throws a little fit every once in a while and gives people ugly tattoos — which means his trouble sticks to them. We had rehearsed it a lot and done a lot of improvisations. Something rather surprising dawned on me watching The King of Staten Island: it’s the first Judd Apatow film that I’ve seen for the first time where I am older than the protagonist. And a lot of time is spent denting sofas with his stoned, drug-dealing homies (Ricky Velez, Moisés Arias and Lou Wilson). CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. But at this length, “Staten Island” should be a meatier Oedipal comedy — about Scott and Margie’s grief, stagnation and codependency; about Claire’s resentment of their bond — the kind of funny movie that’s a raw moment away from the tragedy just below its surface. 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We'll never know if the Davidson-Apatow combination -- given the latter's track record with comedic talent like Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") and Amy Schumer ("Trainwreck") -- would have enticed people to theaters, which was to have been the movie's destination before coronavirus. Like Davidson, it's full of the messiness of life. Pete Davidson reigns in ‘King of Staten Island’, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Logan air traffic takes nosedive in Massport’s ‘worst-case’ scenario, Howie Carr: It’s a crime you haven’t heard about Hunter Biden’s latest, Locations steal the show in ‘Rebecca’ remake, Liam Neeson up to his old shtick in ‘Honest Thief’, Ambitious ‘Martin Eden’ pulls off sweeping saga, This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Relative maturity is in short supply in Scott’s (Pete Davidson) life. There's nothing else I can do anymore. On the surface, there’s not much difference between Davidson’s Scott and the character played by Seth Rogen in Knocked Up. It's around here, though, where "King of Staten Island" begins to telegraph sappier qualities that are characteristic of Apatow's films, which tend to mix blunt comedy (a double entendre, that) with warm and fuzzy flourishes. From the start, Davidson’s gleefully squirm-inducing comedy has been open and self-referential. Apatow, Davidson and "SNL" writer Dave Sirus collaborated on the script, which casts Davidson as a 24-year-old slacker principally devoted to hanging out with his goofy friends and smoking pot. Like Scott, his father was a firefighter who died in service (though the real-life counterpart died in 9/11); like Scott, Davidson has Crohn’s disease and (still) lives with his mother in Staten Island. I tried to get as much information about her and their dynamic, and then I kind of just made it my own. I hope that if you do see it, maybe you see what I see in myself.”. She has feelings for him. With Davidson's character Scott mirroring his own phase of arrested development following the death of his firefighter father and working to grow up after his sister goes off to college, Apatow reveals she had to maintain a balance of sorts between the essence of his real-life sister, Casey, versus a somewhat fictionalized depiction in the film. The King of Staten Island is on VOD on Friday, June 12. Judd Apatow’s latest brings together all the director’s basics: crude humor, foul language, excessive weed usage played for laughs, friendship and family-based sentimentality. When am I going to get my break? Here’s how that number breaks down by borough. I laughed. There are other similar moments, like some late scenes involving Davidson, Burr and the firefighters at Ray’s firehouse, and Scott ruminating on what tattooing means to him. Suddenly, Scott faces the prospect of having to get his act together beyond his vague dreams of becoming a tattoo artist. "He's definitely very close with my dad, but he's been super — I love Pete. But because of the pandemic — and since he was about to move when the lockdown began — he’s back in his mother’s house in Staten Island, living in the basement. And she’s giving her brother a set of paints to encourage him to pursue his tattooing dream more aggressively. It is by far his most mature film about chronic immaturity, which is perhaps something that only someone older than Pete Davidson can truly say. Pete Davidson as Scott Carlin in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow. “I’ll never forget that.”. A 24-year-old burnout still living with his mother (Marisa Tomei) on Staten Island, he’s never had a job and maintains vague ambitions of either becoming a tattoo artist or opening a “tattoo restaurant.” Davidson has demonstrated that he can play a version of himself for established fans. And yet, both the actor and the actress find a way to be really funny in showing how their relationship melts down. But he does not think of himself as her boyfriend because he is too screwed up, and he has a point. But he hasn’t gotten his comedy near true pathos since “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” That was 15 years and five movies ago. “You just get to learn.”, In this image released by Universal Pictures, Pete Davidson, left, appears with director Judd Apatow, center, during the filming of "The King of Staten Island." Rated R. On Amazon, iTunes, VUDU, Apple TV and other platforms. Aquilino is a natural. Running time: 2 hours 16 minutes. OK. James Verniere has a master's degree from Rutgers University, where he has taught writing. “It allowed me to heal on a personal level. That, apparently, is trouble enough. His father died 17 years ago. Then, when Apatow piles on the Capra-corn in the last 45 minutes, mostly in the form of Scott bonding with Ray’s (and Scott’s late dad’s) firemen pals, including Steve Buscemi, you may feel manipulated, and you were. The success of the bit relies on scene partners who take things way over the top while Davidson stands there and embodies and absorbs. He describes it as inside a bowling alley and a Wendy’s and across the street from an LA Fitness. It adds two other Apatow essentials — a protagonist whose charisma might be deemed dubious and an Apatow family member in the cast. It's a scene-stealing performance Apatow tells PopCulture.com in our series, PopCulture @ Home was one rooted in the strength of the screenplay, written by her father, Davidson and Dave Sirus. Her surprise and attentiveness are fantastic. “The King of Staten Island may change that. Both characters exist in a kind of liminal world of middle-class mediocrity, convinced that there’s better out there but afraid to find out that, for all the effort you might put across, the “better” isn’t actually exponentially better. When Claire tells her that Velez’s character has an STD, Tara practically glows. “I thought it was like a Kia Mongoose.”. His work has appeared in Film Comment, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, Sight and Sound and Heavy Metal Magazine, as well as books published by the National Society of Critics such as "The A List." Stewie from “Family Guy” is on his hands and neck. It’s a moment so tender that you don’t know why most of the rest of the movie isn’t as finely etched and acted (despite Powley’s overeager New Yawk brazenness). “Be nice to mom, O.K.? “It’s as transparent and honest and open as I could possibly be. But none of the trouble he causes sticks. It’s never been done, not even as a joke.” “Because no one wants to go to a restaurant and watch people get tattooed while they eat. From Freaks and Geeks on, I’ve always been a couple of years younger than the people the story revolves around. And in this scene, she is about to leave for college the next day. Scott, 24, is an aspiring tattoo artist covered in tats, which seem to be his version of cutting. Given that this is a Judd Apatow film, however, there’s a poky and unwieldy quality to the proceedings that, at this point, has become a signature. ‘The King of Staten Island’ Review: Pete Davidson Gets (Even More) Personal. In the opening sequences, Scott appears to be fighting an anxiety attack and flees the scene of a car accident. They just pile up; they’re long bits — parties and hangouts and meals. Watch the trailer below: For more coverage of new movies and TV series, visit the Film & TV section. That’s the movie’s second scene. And in this scene, she is about to leave for college the next day. Scott is long, mouthy, heavily inked, insecure and managing a mental illness. “It’s curable,” she purrs, undeterred. “I know you’re into art, so I thought you could expand your horizons while I’m gone.” “You got a gift receipt for this?” But it’s also a guilt gift, because she’s leaving and on some level, abandoning him. There are 38,968 known infections in the city right now. They have just enough to do. Remakes of Rebecca and Rabid, Spike Lee’s David Byrne concert film, teen comedy series PEN15 & more! He’s principled, in some ways, but completely adrift in others. (from left) Margie Carlin (Marisa Tomei) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow. So, hopefully, I did her proud.". But I did not melt. Davidson brings an edge and a darkness to Scott’s disagreeableness that make it hard to like him much, if at all, for the first half of this 137-minute comedy. “But I didn’t know he was a superhero.”.
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