The King of Staten Island (2020)

Comedian Pete Davidson co-wrote and stars in a story of a slacker named Scott mourning the loss of his firefighter father on 9/11. I don't remember much so can't give a firm opinion. Plenty of star power joins Davidson: Marisa Tomei as his mother Margie, Steve Buscemi as his father, Bel Powley as Scott's girlfriend, and Bill Burr as Margie's boyfriend.

And, speaking of star power, comedy king Judd Apatow directs and co-produces from a script by him, Davidson, and Dave Sirius. Maude Apatow, daughter of Judd and Leslie Mann, plays Scott's sister.

Davidson was seven years old when his father Scott died rescuing people at the World Trade Center. And Buscemi was a firefighter until, at age 27, he quit to take up acting, although he briefly rejoined his Engine 55 station in Little Italy in 2001 to help search for survivors in the rubble. Davidson's grandfather Stephen Davidson plays Grandpa.

Twelve minutes of soundtrack by Michael Andrews can be streamed on Apple Music and Spotify, and there's a long list of songs, listed here, which you can play on Spotify if you like. I'm sure they'll be good but I don't listen to songs with lyrics while I write.

Powley was last blogged for The Diary of Teenage Girl (after which we liked her in all ten episodes of The Morning Show), Tomei for Spider-Man: Far from Home, Buscemi for The Dead Don't Die, Apatow for Trainwreck, and Andrews for The Big Sick. Davidson is a six year veteran of Saturday Night Live (132 episodes), and Sirius is an SNL writer with 23 episodes to his credit.

Rotten Tomatoes's audience give a slightly better royal reception, averaging 84%, than its critics at 74. As I said, I don't remember much because we streamed this in mid-June. According to ReelGood, you can rent it from several outlets.