In “The King of Staten Island,” Pete Davidson plays Scott Carlin, a 24-year-old layabout who still lives with his mom, spends most of his time smoking weed and playing video games with his ...

Enter “The King of Staten Island.” In a film loosely based on his life, Davidson (Scott Carlin) thrives as the frontman, giving a comedic yet moving performance. He looks like a 30-year ...

The King of Staten Island is director Judd Apatow’s newest film, written by Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus. It stars Davidson as Scott, a man in his mid-twenties still living with his mother ...

His mother’s new boyfriend. The phrase “failure to launch’’ doesn’t really suffice when it comes to Scott (Pete Davidson) in “The King of Staten Island.’’ This 24-year-old man ...

Pete Davidson’s new movie “The King of Staten Island” was partly inspired by his dad, Scott (pictured, with a young Pete), a firefighter who died on 9/11. “My daughter went to Tottenville ...

King of Staten Island' co-writer Dave Sirus talks to Showbiz Cheat Sheet about which scenes in the movie came from Pete Davidson or his own real life. Scott jokes with his friends about losing his ...

Poster for the movie ‘The King of Staten Island’. Photo from imdb.com Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow create a film that captures Davidson’s life and complex emotions as he plays a character with a ...

His Scott has never gotten over the death of ... It’s around here, though, where “King of Staten Island” begins to telegraph sappier qualities that are characteristic of Apatow’s films ...

Apatow and Davidson challenge the audience's empathy by beginning The King of Staten Island with a disturbing scene of a reckless suicide attempt. Driving along a highway, Scott solemnly closes ...

(from left) Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Papa (Steve Buscemi) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow. Courtesy of Universal At 24, Scott (Pete Davidson) is stuck in perpetual ...

Pete Davidson plays the richest version yet of his specialty — the big-mouthed derelict screwup — but Judd Apatow's trainwreck-bro comedy gives us a terrific character the film is too eager to ...