A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Directed by Fred Coe · 118 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
40.6 TOPICAL score · #2,630 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
A Thousand Clowns (1965, directed by Fred Coe) has a TOPICAL score of 40.6 - ranked 2,630 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 2 awards from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Critics: 72% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (35 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 23 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics72% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (35 ratings)
- Awards2 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 23 languages
- Still read4,736 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jason Robards (actor #150), Barry Gordon, Barbara Harris (actor #1,618), Martin Balsam (actor #119)