Punchline
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Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York comedy club. The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. Lilah Krytsick is housewife with an ambition to be a stand-up comedian, however she doesnt seem to have the talent. Steven takes her under his wings and teaches her the art of comedy and humour. But when a TV station arranges a comedy even... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Punchline:

Sally Field
Tom Hanks
John Goodman
Mark Rydell
Kim Greist
Paul Mazursky

Full Plot Details

Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York comedy club. The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. Lilah Krytsick is housewife with an ambition to be a stand-up comedian, however she doesnt seem to have the talent. Steven takes her under his wings and teaches her the art of comedy and humour. But when a TV station arranges a comedy evening at the club, Steve sees his opportunity for fame and stardom. Their friendship seems quickly forgotten and now it's every man and woman for him- or herself!

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Los Angeles Times - 9/10 by Sheila BensonIt’s an uneven melodrama where Tom Hanks exhibits flashes of brilliance as a caustically tongued stand-up comic in a strange, undefinable romance with protege Sally Field.
Spirituality and Practice - 7/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA movie that engages us with its distinctive blend of humor and heartbreak
Washington Post - 6/10 by Desson ThomsonThe road to stand-up Oz is littered with conventional, sentimental banana peel; writer/director David Seltzer avoids much, but not all, of it. His biggest slip-up is creating an unlikely relationship between Hanks and Field. Gold is a young, starving, responsibility-evading, med-school dropout who has psychic energy only for great comedy. As frumpy, mousey, older, married mother Lilah -- who thinks she just might be able to do that comedy thing -- Fields couldn't be more of a mismatch.
United Press International - 6/10 by Cathy BurkeThough Punchline defies the Hollywood penchant for producing either pure comedy or straight drama, its view of those with the guts to stand before an audience and dare them to laugh is oddly uplifting.
Birth.Movies.Death. - 6/10 by Emily SearsAs someone who prefers her comedy with a side of melancholy, I'd say that the performance from Tom Hanks alone makes this a worthwhile watch.
Chicago Sun-Times - 5/10 by Roger EbertThe problem may be that the movie isn’t nearly tough enough. It needs to be more hard-boiled, more merciless in its dissection of egos, more perceptive about the cutthroat nature of show business.
The New York Times - 5/10 by Vincent CanbyTepid...A big Punchline problem is that it's impossible to tell the difference between Miss Field's routines that are supposed to be awful, and the awful ones that are supposed to be funny.
Chicago Tribune - 5/10 by Dave KehrIt's not surprising that Punchline is mostly banal; it's constructed on a banality -- namely, that clowns suffer.
The New Yorker - 4/10 by Pauline KaelOne problem here is that the jokes aren't funny; another is that Sally Field is funny by mistake.
User Review - 10/10 by Addison Preally good movie, and teaches you where to find comedy

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