|
| Universal Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): June 12, 2020 |
Starring:
Angus Costello, Anthony Lee Medina, Bel Powley, Bill Burr, Carly Aquilino, Domenick Lombardozzi, Hank Strong, Jimmy Tatro, Kevin Corrigan, Lou Wilson, Luke David Blumm, Machine Gun Kelly, Marisa Tomei, Maude Apatow, Moisés Arias, Pamela Adlon, Pauline Chalamet, Pete Davidson, Ricky Velez, Robert Vidal Iii, Steve Buscemi
Summary:
Watch Now
Jun 9, 2020
The Guardian
Jun 8, 2020
The King of Staten Island is not structurally perfect. There is a rather contrived crisis the purpose of which is to bring Claire, Scott and Ray together at last, but there is charm and gentleness in this new stepfamily. Powley’s performance and the final shots of the Staten Island ferry brought back happy memories of Joan Cusack in Mike Nichols’s 80s classic, Working Girl. There are a lot of laughs here.
Read full review
Jun 12, 2020
The King of Staten Island is big on heart, but short on laughs (in comparison to Train Wreck and 40-Year-Old Virgin), but that’s not a negative. I like that there are only a few over-the-top moments. The laughs occur as a way to break up the seriousness of the story. It balances drama and comedy perfectly.
Read full review
Jun 8, 2020
Davidson’s appeal is essential to the movie’s success. If you know him only from “Saturday Night Live,” you’ll be surprised by him here. On “SNL,” he can be zany and annoying. Here he has a very particular quality that seems to be coming from a place of past pain. He has equanimity. Without making a fuss about it, he’s attentive to other people’s feelings. He just seems like a decent, thoughtful young guy, someone that you’d like to see come into his own.
Read full review
Jun 8, 2020
But what’s especially dispiriting, this time around, is that the film promises more. It opens with a remarkable pre-title sequence of Davidson on the highway, driving with a stern face, and listening to the radio; we’re joining him in the middle of something, and we’re not sure what. And then he closes his eyes and steps on the gas, a move of suicidal recklessness that nearly gets him (and several other drivers) killed, after which he stammers, to no one in particular, several consecutive “I’m sorry’s.” It’s not clear why this opening exists, in the context of ‘Staten Island,’ because it’s not comedic, and it’s not feel-good.
Read full review
Jun 8, 2020
The King of Staten Island works hard to strike its own artful balance of humor and heartache, qualities that both seem permanently etched in Davidson’s face. Part of the movie’s inevitable fascination is the question of how much is made up and how much might be rooted in lived experience.
Read full review
Jun 14, 2020
Davidson does great. Good characters. I like the feel of the film. Good ending.
0 of 3 users found this helpful03
Jun 22, 2020
Incredible, true eye opening. Pete Davidson has made a stellar performance in this.
0 of 2 users found this helpful02
Jun 22, 2020
Good writing .period. Some funny moments no memorable but much better than the current garbage Rating is 7 (i give 10 for balancing)
1 of 3 users found this helpful12
Jun 19, 2020
great movie has characters you can relate to while also being funny and having of message. Showcases the struggles of mental health and people even family not understanding how it feels.
0 of 2 users found this helpful02
Jul 1, 2020
Easily Pete Davidson’s best and most genuine performance. This is a solid and funny and surprisingly moving film from Apatow and his best film from the underrated Funny People.
0 of 1 users found this helpful01
Jun 13, 2020
For the people that says Pete Davidson was great.
Did we see the same film? That dude is no fun at all. And that comes since SNL.
Did we see the same film? That dude is no fun at all. And that comes since SNL.
4 of 4 users found this helpful40
Jul 6, 2020
This movie is terrible boring and slow plus Pete really can't act don't even know why he is classed as a comedian really.
0 of 0 users found this helpful00
More From The King of Staten Island
