When Jemaine Clement read the script for “Humor Me” he was interested. A meeting with writer-director Sam Hoffman in New York City nudged him closer to doing the indie comedy that opens today. But ...

Director Sam Hoffman is best known for his web series, “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” which he has already adapted into a book and an Off Broadway play. And in his feature film debut, “Humor Me,” the best ...

The story of playwright Nate Kroll (Jemaine Clement), the tragicomic protagonist of the touching indie Humor Me, begins with one very bad day. First, he loses his Broadway producer (an icy Bebe ...

I used to think, because I’m a kid at heart, and even more so at head, that I have the maturity level of a 9-year-old.

“Humor Me” will humor you — and then some. It’s one of the best films of its kind, along with Albert Brooks’ “Mother” and “In Her Shoes,” in which a floundering adult gets back on track with help from ...

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