Setup, Punch

April. 18,2013      
Rating:
4.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Showing that there is always a reason to laugh, stand-up comic Reuben Stein does the most daring set of his life. The consequences will change his life forever and allow him to discover the true nature of performance.

Elijah Wood as  Reuben Stein
Alia Shawkat as  Dottie Kaufman

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Reviews

Baseshment
2013/04/18

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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SparkMore
2013/04/19

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Suman Roberson
2013/04/20

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Frances Chung
2013/04/21

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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