Known for his screeching voice and pinched delivery, actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried was more than a punchline. He was a serious student of comedy with decades of memorable characters, one scene-stealing animated parrot, and the definitive mic drop version of the joke in The Aristocrats.
Directed by Phedon Papamichael / Gore Verbinski
Tragi-comedy, Psychological Drama - Rated R - 102 Minutes - 2005
You'll think twice about making Nicolas Cage the butt of bad movie jokes after seeing this smart, honest and mesmerizing black dramedy about a Chicago TV weatherman (Cage) trying to keep every member of his family from justifiably hating him. Most movies assume audiences will love the protagonist as a given, but this movie works hard to be honest about the schlubby antihero at its center, and keeps us rooting for him anyway.