Pete Davidson (almost) grows up in Judd Apatow's comedic ramble King of Staten Island: Review
There is at least a nominal reason for Scott's arrested development: More than 15 years ago, his firefighter dad died on the job; if life, he figures, is all instability and random chance, why even try? But when Margie finally falls for someone new his comfortably numb M.O. begins to crumble.
The script, which Davidson co-wrote, is rooted in his own childhood loss; his father, too, was a fireman, killed on 9/11. In its best moments the movie resonates with those realities, though it also comes packaged, like so many Apatow films, in a kind of incurable ramble — some two-plus hours dotted with pleasingly random cameos and odd tonal shifts.star, whose presence on that show has often felt less like that of a main player than a gonzo mascot for its least comfortable comedy.
, or fail trying. But it's also frequently winning, and oddly sweet, too; a drastically unhurried dramedy with room to grow.
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