Comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Trainwreck) is known for his Midas touch in catapulting the film careers of his stars, from Amy Schumer to Seth Rogen and Steve Carell. This time, he sets his sights on SNL’s Pete Davidson, who co-wrote and stars in this warm and witty ode to his Staten Island upbringing. Lovable 24-year-old Scott (Davidson) lost his firefighter dad as a kid, and shows no signs of growing up. Spending his days smoking weed on the couch, tattooing his buddies, and generally avoiding responsibility, he's the polar opposite to his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow). When his mum (Marisa Tomei) starts dating a firefighter (Bill Burr), it brings up painful memories for Scott, and forces him to face up to his future.

Besides being praised as one of Apatow’s best films to date, The King of Staten Island allows us to see a more nuanced and emotional side to Pete Davidson, who lost his own firefighter father in 9/11, and draws on a wellspring of his own experiences here. (Apatow describes it as “an imagining of what Pete’s life would have been if he didn’t find comedy.”) Also, it scores major cinephile points for being gorgeously shot on 35mm film by Paul Thomas Anderson’s regular DoP, Robert Elswit.

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