Writer-director Sam Hoffman has had enormous success with Old Jews Telling Jokes, which started out as a web series, then became a best-selling book as well as a popular play. Now, Hoffman makes his feature directorial debut with Humor Me, which is not exactly a spinoff of that material but does incorporate scenes with old Jews telling jokes. They are a group who congregate in the dining room of a New Jersey retirement community called Cranberry Bog. (No kidding!)
One of these wisecracking retirees, Bob, played by Elliott Gould, is the father of our main character, Nate (Jemaine Clement), a...
One of these wisecracking retirees, Bob, played by Elliott Gould, is the father of our main character, Nate (Jemaine Clement), a...
- 6/20/2017
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Here’s the first look at Humor Me, the film from writer-director Sam Hoffman that toplines Elliott Gould and Jemaine Clement. It’s having its world premiere tonight at the Los Angeles Film Festival in the Premieres section. Inspired by Hoffman’s web series Old Jews Telling Jokes, the pic centers on an aging father who refuses to engage emotionally with his son, who is desperate for approval. Ingrid Michaelson, Annie Potts, Bebe Neuwirth, Priscilla Lopez and…...
- 6/16/2017
- Deadline
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