SummaryWhen a star comedian dies, rather than letting anyone know, his comedy writers decide to find and teach an unknown to fill his shoes for a big show the comedian had been schedeled for. But the man they choose - bellboy, Stanley Belt - can't do anything right, and time's running out.
Directed By:Jerry Lewis
Written By:Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond
The Patsy
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57
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Metascore
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43% Positive
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100
The Patsy reflects a genuine affection for the artisans and jacks-of-all-trades that make careers like his possible.
80
Explicitly quoting Chaplin-style routines, Lewis bends the sentimentality into shape to produce a witty and magical essay on comedy, illusionism and fear.
75
The essential mistake that's made about Lewis is assuming his movies were intended mainly to be funny. I suspect they were intended mainly to be really, really weird.
50
The Patsy's slim story line has it ups and downs, sometimes being hilarious, frequently unfunny.
50
Considerably weaker than The Nutty Professor. [10 Sep 1964, p.17]
30
Another moronic mishmash in which Mr. Lewis falls all over himself.
25
This is one of Lewis' lesser efforts, with his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show drawing the only real laughs.
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