The King of Staten Island
7/10
Rating
137 min
Runtime
2020
Release Year
Judd Apatow
Director
Cast
Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow
Quick Synopsis
Scott, a young man in his mid-20s from Staten Island, has struggled to move on since his firefighter father died when Scott was seven. He lives at home with his hardworking mother, an ER nurse, and spends most of his time smoking weed and hanging out with his friends Oscar, Igor, and Richie. While his younger sister leaves for college, Scott remains stuck, pursuing a distant dream of becoming a tattoo artist and secretly dating his childhood friend Kelsey. When his mother begins a relationship with Ray, a boisterous firefighter, Scott is forced to confront his long-held grief and begins to take small steps toward growing up and finding direction in his life.
Detailed Synopsis of The King of Staten Island
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.
