A Disappointing Continuation

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This is an amazing movie, a comedy story about comedy. It's hilarious throughout but not only that its a brilliant story on families. The movie is just a masterpiece, well written and well directed. A movie you would watch time and time again and still laugh at each joke. Funny Bones shows a brilliant portrayal of comedy in the seaside resort of Blackpool. Many acts have came and went through Blackpool, all being hugely famous in their time. The movie shows how you can be the biggest stars in the city one moment then it can all be gone in an instant. This movie shows a real side the Blackpool. And it shows it in a brilliant way, filmed all on set, the real Blackpool beach, the real town, the real amusement park. Everything including a lot of the extras were totally part of Blackpool. This is a brilliant British movie with a brilliant British cast. It has comedy throughout, it ranges from off the wall zany crazy comedy, all the way to subtle verbal comedy. A brilliant mix of visual and verbal comedy throughout this movie. A brilliant story about rediscovering who you are, a movie which shows you the past isn't always as happy or as sad as you believe it to be. This movie has it all. If you're British you'll adore it, if you're not British you'll love it just the same. A brilliant cast in this movie, comedy for everyone no matter who the person. Truly this movie doesn't get the due respect it deserves. This movie will always be a huge element in my DVD collection and after seeing it, you will feel the same way.This movie will lighten up your life, its a true masterpiece. I recommend you see it in whatever way you can.

They describe this movie as a black comedy about a stand-up comic trying to make it as a comic just like his dad did so successfully, however he fails miserably. As I watched it, I was asking myself why I am watching this movie. It is boring, predictable and misses the mark on being entertaining. Oliver Platt's character was not relatable, likable or fascinating. At the end I didn't care how he ended up or any of the characters for that matter. Nothing stood out as amazing, wonderful or even entertaining. Scenes were too long, dialog was boring and the plot line sounds better on paper than it played out to be on film. This movie totally missed the mark - don't watch it.

I've never seen a better ending -- three or four tragic situations turned inside-out in less than a second. It makes me gasp every time I see it.And Oliver Platt, one of the best actors working today. *And* the astonishing Lee Evans.If you're expecting a standard ha-ha comedy, this isn't the right choice. But if you want depth of character and dark personal histories folded into your genuine laughs, please check it out.I try to tell everyone I know about this movie, a tragedian's comedy. Don't miss it.

Oliver Pratt is Tommy Lewis in this tale of a child of a successful comedian, who after bombing in Vegas jets off to Blackpool, England to find the funny. He finds his half-brother, Jack Parker, while still unfunny, has inherited their father Jerry Lewis's genes (Ie. funny to the French). The father follows Tommy over, to make ammends for stealing the act he started with, but won't let poor Jack have the spotlight as well for the petty little reason that Jack is a murdering son-of-a-bitch. Silly Jerry. Well after kidnaping the policeman who is watching him, Jack gets to do his unfunny act. And apparently, the inhabitants of Blackpool are all French and love his shenenigans. Cheering because he doesn't kill Oliver in the process.. YAY!!! My Grade: D+