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Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis in a little known Black Comedy
"Funny Bones" is one of those movies that you have to be talked into viewing and then you wonder why you waited so long to check it out. Peter Chelsom's 1995 black comedy begins with a failed drug deal and a pair of feet washing up on shore. Tommy Fawkes, played by Oliver Platt, wants to be a successful standup comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a complete disaster, due in no small measure to the "help" provided by his father George, who was once a famous comedian himself and who is played by Jerry Lewis in what proves to be one of his best roles (stop with the jokes, the man is very good in this film). Because of the drug deal he flees back home to the English seaside town of Blackpool, a place that just happens to be full of retired music-hall performances (what we Yanks would call vaudevillians). Tommy needs better material or perhaps a partner. What he finds is Jack Parker (Lee Evans), who is pretty funny for someone who has, um, serious problems. Tommy and Jack have a series of comic misadventures involving Tommy's father, the mayor of Blackpool, an art collector, some French sailors, and in the end discover a secret that provides a rather unexpected bounced to the end of this film. "Funny Bones" is a nice little film with an excellent supporting cast that fails to be conventional. Check it out and pass the word along.

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Risky (and very funny) Business
Funny Bones is not for everyone. Though Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt are known stars, the material in this film is an unusual place for stars like these to end up. This odd little film is about risk, love, life and death. It is about a disappearing culture, and a comment about a new generation trying to find passion and purpose in the shadow of an imperfect generation before them. It speaks about the death of the theater and the passing of a simpler and perhaps funnier time. While Funny Bones is often funny, it's also quite tragic, very dark and often surreal. Lee Evens steals the show and Oliver Platt is the perfect foil to play against a giant like Jerry Lewis(Some old vaudevillians also put it some awesome cameos). Funny Bones is worth the watch.
It's worth the price of admission just to see this awesome cast.

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misrepresented film.
I found this movie to be quite good. Not a comedy as you might expect but Chaplin's comedies were not alway comedies either. I liked it, especially for Lee Evans.

If you saw Mouse Hunt with Nathan Lane you might remember the brother. That was Lee Evans. He does a very unusual, very funny bit, in this movie. Worth the price of the film.

Oliver Platt is the son of a famous comedian, played by Jerry Lewis, who fails as he tries to follow in his father's footsteps. To get inspiration he returns to the town his family had left when he was almost too young to remember. Revelations abound. If you approach this movie as a father - son relationship film and not as a comedy you should enjoy it. If you do not enjoy the Lee Evan's bit then you do not have a sense of humor and you should get yourself one.