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The King of Staten Island

2020 · 137 min

A meandering, funny-sad portrait of arrested development that slowly earns its warmth and emotional payoffs.

Directed by
Judd Apatow
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr
Overview
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

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Directed by
Judd Apatow
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

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