I wish, for a film about comedians it could have been funnier, in my chronological watching of Tom Hanks' films this is my least favourite one so far, not because it's bad, it isn't I just found it to be depressing, the character we end up rooting for begins the story as someone foolish enough to spend five hundred big ones to buy some jokes, how sad is that. Surely nobody in real life would ever do that. I find it more likely that a long time ago in a galaxy far far away there were some wars in the stars than someone would ever buy jokes in order to become a comedian that's like a painter asking someone else to paint for them...
The film contained mostly scenes in the rain and made for a glum two hours, Hanks' character was so willing to sin it was quite unreasonable!