"Big Fan" may well be the bleakest comedy I've ever seen.
Please note that I write "bleakest," not "blackest," though the movie—which stars comic actor Patton Oswalt and was written and directed by Robert Siegel, former editor-in-chief of the legendary humor magazine The Onion—is indeed quite black as well. But what resonates with the viewer after it is over isn't so much a sense of thematic darkness as a sheer, unshakeable conviction of hopelessness. You find yourself shaking your head sadly, as lingering chuckles catch in your throat.
Please note that I write "bleakest," not "blackest," though the movie—which stars comic actor Patton Oswalt and was written and directed by Robert Siegel, former editor-in-chief of the legendary humor magazine The Onion—is indeed quite black as well. But what resonates with the viewer after it is over isn't so much a sense of thematic darkness as a sheer, unshakeable conviction of hopelessness. You find yourself shaking your head sadly, as lingering chuckles catch in your throat.
