This slow, stilted comedy just sits there and whines... kind of like its lead.
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08/01/03
Enemies of Laughter (2000)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:4
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: One of the strangest looking men in show business, Billy Crystal sidekick David Paymer (CITY SLICKERS) stars as Paul, neurotic, flailing sitcom writer. Though he is moderately successful at his... [More]
Starring: David Paymer, Judge Reinhold, Rosalind Chao, Marilu Henner
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A small, delightful indie flick with a singular voice and spry wit. Rarely is a title so willfully far from accurate.
08/05/03
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08/12/03
Pretty ballsy of the filmmakers to go with the title “Enemies of Laughter,” seeing that it’s a comedy.
08/29/03
If Paymer and Chao had any chemistry together we might be more interested in their budding romance
06/26/04
Paymer has developed a sort of practiced gravitational pull, and his easy confidence, enhanced by eyes that can only be described as soulful, elevates his character from a flat Woody Allen wannabe to a fully realized human being.
07/30/03
An all too apt title for a would-be comedy in which everyone in it and everything about it seems willfully designed to be unfunny.
07/31/03
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