The Joke Thief

I came across an add for this movie on twitter and decided to find it and give it a try. Well! Am I ever glad I did. This movie deserves a lot of hype. What a creative, entertaining movie! It had a great main character with a great story and yet the additional characters really enriched the film! The movie was sad at times, real and sort of inspiring. It was a little daunting but really captured what being a comedian is like. Sometimes the joker isn't always the happiest. This movie told a story of perseverance and desperation. Desperation to be funny, to be liked by any means possible. It was a really entertaining movie that I would recommend to anyone.

From the cinematic universe of Frank D'Angelo comes another entertaining and fascinating film. The Joke Thief is funny, thoughtful, and well written. This is a provocative film that really makes you think about life. It takes you through a romp of feelings and emotions. It made me think about my own life as well. It's beautifully shot, incredibly acted, and the best film I've seen so far in 2018!

It's clear that in today's landscape we have films get their numbers and reviews placed by people involved with the movie. While quality is certainly somewhat subjective, the theory that stat padding is usually pretty clear when you've seen a movie that has much different reviews than the rest while those positive have it being the only one that account has filled out. Lesser known films this is more obvious.

This is certainly a case of that.

The Joke Thief is written, directed, starred, produced etc all by the same individual. A Canadian entrepreneur who has so much money that he basically creates movies as a hobby. It's too bad they aren't good ones.

Even the best scene in the movie is ruined by a reveal immediately afterwards that the movie is taking itself way too seriously. It's ironic that a movie called the Joke Thief doesn't have very many good ones.

Sometimes you find a small film and it's a welcome experience. You wonder how this is so under the radar. This one proves that sometimes small films aren't very widely known for a reason.

The Joke Thief will have you laughing and crying at the same time. It's truly a beautiful film. Featuring Simon a struggling comedian played by Frank D'Angelo who is down on his luck and always looking for way to get a leg up on the competition. His bitterness and insecurities are evident as he struggles to make ends meet all the while realizing how he got where he is in the first place. This bittersweet film teaches life lessons at every turn as it showcases an unlikely pairing of Simon and his Uber driver Jerry. Far from a just an Uber driver, Jerry enlightens the entire audience. A must see!!

Unnecessary racist bits especially with the taxi thing, the taxi driver must have said he likes taxi driving (his "job") like 10 times in an interval of 5 minutes. I guess British "superiority" complex is showing here as if Sub-continent "Indians" love to drive the great British people around in their "curry" smelling taxis. Which they immediately made sure that the "hero" isn't in a smelly taxi, but rather a brand-new one, so hopefully he didn't get suffocated. Unnecessary dialogues and pauses and close shots, making it seem like a waste of time.