He is genuinely humorous (which we already knew) but he deftly handles
the profoundly emotional drama, managing to single - handedly separate Star Trek Into Darkness from other recent charismatic Sci - Fi thrillers.
And while it becomes far less comical as it moves inexorably towards its somber, come - to - Jesus conclusion, what it loses in laughs it gains in
profoundly moving
drama and
emotional texture (one serious scene between Gleeson and his daughter Reilly is as poignant and heartrending as anything you've ever witnessed in a black comedy).