Director Tony Goldwyn opens his family dramedy “Ezra” in the warm, collegial comfort of a comedy club. Max (Bobby Cannavale) perches on a stool, a handheld camera drifting closer as he tells jokes ...

In "Ezra," Bobby Cannavale plays a stand-up comedian who is extremely dialed in behind a microphone but who is never all that funny. Viewers are supposed to go along with it and pretend he's getting ...