Hi! For my passion blog, I decided to review movies that I enjoy. The first movie that I will review is “The King of Staten Island.” It stars Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi. The film is loosely based on Pete Davidson’s life. Personally, I love Pete Davidson and SNL, so I was very drawn to watching this film. Overall, I thought it was super funny and a cool insight into one of my favorite comedians’ lives. If you know anything about Pete Davidson, you know that in his standup shows, he uses dark humor to discuss his father’s death. Pete Davidson’s father was a firefighter from Staten Island and heroically died during the September 11th attacks. In addition, the film discusses Pete Davidson’s struggle with mental health and drug abuse. For those who haven’t watched the movie. 

   Scott, played by Pete Davidson, lives with his mother, Margie (Davidson also lives with his mom in real life). Scott’s father passed in the September 11th attacks, and he has ADHD, Crohn’s disease, and is an avid user of marijuana. Scott is currently seeing Kelsey, who wants to be in a committed relationship, but Scott feels he is not good enough for her. Scott’s younger sister, Claire, is leaving for college and is showing deep concern that Scott will spiral out without her there to watch him. Scott is an aspiring tattoo artist.

   One day when Scott is on the beach with his friends, Scott gives a nine-year-old boy a tattoo, but the boy runs away after only getting a line on his arm. Later that day, the boy’s angry father, Ray, shows up at his house and ends up meeting Margie, and he asks her out on a date. As the relationship progresses and gets more serious, Margie tells Scott about their relationship. Scott freaks out because, like his father, Ray is a firefighter. In an effort to bond with Scott, Ray takes him to a baseball game with his firefighter friends. Scott argues that firefighters shouldn’t have families because their deaths will only cause their families unnecessary pain.

   When visiting his sister at school, Scott tells Claire his plan to break up Ray and Margie. Scott grows close with Ray’s two kids, Harold, the boy he tattooed, and Kelly. Scott’s friends plan to rob a pharmacy, and Scott is supposed to be the lookout. After being confronted by the pharmacist, one of Scott’s friends gets shot, and everyone but Scott is arrested.

   Scott meets Ray’s ex-wife, Gina, and she tells him about Ray’s gambling addiction. Scott proceeds to tell his mother this information, and when Ray finds out, this leads to a big fight between Ray and Scott. This leads to Margie kicking both Scott and Ray out. Scott tries to find a place to stay, but ends up at Ray’s firehouse. Scott takes up odd jobs at the firehouse and eventually bonds with Ray. Ray allows Scott to use his back as a canvas for tattooing, and he gets better and better. Scott learns more about his father from the other firefighters and slowly accepts his father’s death. 

  One day when Scott is alone at the firehouse, a man with an abdominal wound comes in, and Scott is forced to put his new skills to work. Ray meets him at the hospital where Margie works. Margie forgives Scott and Ray when seeing them together and sees the tattoo’s that Scott gave him. Scott then surprises Kelsey at the ferry where she is going for an interview, and the two end up in a relationship. 

   Overall, I genuinely love this movie, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes Pete Davidson or are in need of a good movie to watch.

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