Comedy

The Polka King

Shivhans Pictures

Electric Dynamite

Permut Presentations

Red Hour

United States of America

English

Jack Black

Jenny Slate

Jason Schwartzman

Jacki Weaver

JB Smoove

Robert Capron

Willie Garson

Vanessa Bayer

Robert Macaux

Mary Klug

Wallace Wolodarsky

Lew Schneider

Phyllis Kay

Richard Donelly

Kati Salowsky

Jordan Lloyd

Rachel Annette Helson

Anthony Estrella

Melody Vasquez

Randy Tow

Marilyn Busch

Russell Gibson

China Forbes

Jim Boyd

Portland Helmich

Bruce-Robert Serafin

Wendy Overly

Jessica Baade

Keith Mascoll

Owen Burke

Juani Feliz

Peter Ackerman

Irvin Wallace

Michael Jibrin

Mickey Gilmore

Leah Procito

Alex Ziwak

Arthur Hiou

Shawn Contois

Brina

Brandon Scales

Anastasia Tsikhanava

Marybeth Paul

Lara Pezza

Bella Moore

Robert Marsella

Angel Connell

Rob Lévesque

Lance Norris

Richard Pacheco

Leonel Severino

John Franchi

Kobi Polisky

Ted Sterner

Jed Griswold

Jeffery Kincannon

Suzanne Gillies

Harold Rudolph

Michele Mortensen

Benjamin James Chaplin

Wendy Hartman

Lino Tanaka

Ron G. Young

Rich Rothbell

Glenn W. Kane

Tony Moreira

Kayla Kohla

Eric Berghman

Alexa Hartman

Tony Jones

Mary Jane Brennan Sangiolo

Kevin Paul Healey

Steve Provizer

Luke Nelson

Pasquale Dalessio

Frank Cacciola

Joe Cali

Charlie Flannery

Dan Marshall

Americo Presciutti

Susan Halsey Singer

Maya Forbes

Andrei Bowden-Schwartz

Catherine Haight

Susan Lyall

Jeanne McCarthy

Carl Sprague

Theodore Shapiro

Ben Stiller

Something's missing from this one, or maybe it's couple of things.

Jack Black plays goofy loveable Polka King of Pennsylvania Jan Lewan.  He is completely certain of his own talent and has an immense drive to make it big.  Sadly he isn't that smart, and not enough people love his music, only a group of dedicated elderly fans, so in a desperate act out of what seems like altruism he starts what is essentially a ponzi scheme to help get his musicians paid more and build his empire.

Jack Black is solid, so if you like his schtick or Polka music you may enjoy this, but outside of that it seems like the actors think this film is a comedy when nothing really funny is said or done.  The film ambles along, recreating the events, but it misses any kind of heart or soul that would have been found in the real people.

The biggest disappointment was Jason Schwartzman, the usually solid comedy actor was completely coasting.  And what a total waste of JB Smoove.  Jenny Slate seemed the most committed to her role outside of Jack Black, but even she couldn't hold this film together.

All in all the film reminded me of another Jack Black film based on true events called Bernie, but Bernie was superior in every way.

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