Based on under 8 reviews , The Comedian has an approval rating of over 30 % and an average rating of over 4.5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes .
It is scheduled to be released in a limited release on December 2 , 2016 , before opening wide on January 13 , 2017. It holds a 20 % approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , based on 10 reviews , with an average rating of 4.1/10 .
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