Playing seven roles in this antic yet sentimental comedy (which he also directed), Jerry Lewis makes the camera a prism to break out the divergent, and even conflicting, strands of his own character.

NEWYORKER: The Family Jewels

Paul Rudd is mainly the straight man in this wan, sentimental, occasionally very funny comedy.

NEWYORKER: Role Models

Ads made it look more like a sentimental film a la The Bucket List than a comedy.

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