A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

Directed by

David Wain

Genre

biographical film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 368 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Douglas Kenney, a writer who helped create National Lampoon and its comedy empire. It shows his ride through the highs of success and the personal struggles that followed.

bittersweetenergeticirreverentwrynostalgicfast-pacedmelancholicreflective

What happens

A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a 2018 American biographical comedy drama film based on Josh Karp's book of the same title, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Douglas Kenney, during the rise and fall of National Lampoon. It was the last movie Martin Mull starred in before his death in 2024. A Futile and Stupid Gesture had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2018, and was released on January 26, 2018, by Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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