You might have caught Henry Phillips’ performing his quirky comic songs on Comedy Central or Jimmy Kimmel — or in various YouTube clips. Or you might have seen “Punching the Clown,” his 2009 movie in which he plays himself — that won the Audience Award at Slamdance. In “Punching Henry,” he once again plays a sad-sack version of himself in a low energy, gently amusing comedy in which he is up for a TV show but a series of personal and professional crises move the finish line further away. J.K.
Comedian-songwriter Henry Phillips Stars As Sad-sack Self
By G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Entertainment
Wed, 02/22/2017 - 1:39pm
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