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...BOTTOM LINE: This intimate epic about a nightclub comic works too hard for pathos but is great for laughs...
EVEN IN HOLLYWOOD, FEW WOULD RECOGNIZE HELEN Kushnick if they passed her on the street. But they all know the talented young comic she discovered two decades ago and guided to glory. Weathering a Sophoclean series of tragedies (her son's death from AIDS in 1983, her husband's death from cancer in 1989), Kushnick became the executive producer of the legendary Tonight show when her protege, Jay Leno, succeeded Johnny Carson in May. Then with an almost willful recklessness, Kushnick reportedly began demanding that stars who wanted to appear with Leno on the Tonight show had to boycott...
...Saturday Night Crystal portrays Young as a comic who has spent 50 years fighting his way to the middle. Buddy has come close to stardom several times in his career, but each time his antagonistic personality blows...
Young's story is presented in the format of flashbacks about the most memorable episodes in his life. In its most basic form, Mr. Saturday Night chronicles the life and times of a comic whose caustic wit has cost him stardom. The film shows how Buddy has been his own worst enemy, ruining his chances for success and alienating those close...
...actors do well in their parts--though there is an unnecessary cameo by Jerry Lewis which still leaves me wondering why this man is considered a comic genius in France...