Folk Hero & Funny Guy

2016

Action / Comedy / Drama / Music

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 41% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 41% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 646 646

comedian singer-songwriter opening act solo tour

Plot summary

Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker respectively, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their "mojo" and finding love in the process.

Director

Jeff Grace Photo
Jeff Grace

Top cast

Alex Karpovsky Photo
Alex Karpovsky as Paul
Michael Ian Black Photo
Michael Ian Black as Randy
Libby Blanton Photo
Libby Blanton as Maid of Honor
David Cross Photo
David Cross as Chris DeRose
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840.89 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.69 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

good relationship movie

Paul Scott (Alex Karpovsky) and Jason Black (Wyatt Russell) are best of friends since childhood. Paul is a struggling standup comedian. Jason is a rising music star. Jason brings Paul on as the opening act to his tour of smaller clubs. Along the way, they meet singer Bryn Miller (Meredith Hagner). Paul likes her. Jason invites her on the tour and hooks up with her.The biggest question for this movie is how to make something unfunny funny. Paul's standup is blandly unfunny. The movie needs to make it cinematically funny. That's a big flaw. Also Heather Morris' scene needs to be much funnier. Ok! Done! The best aspect is the relationships. This is a good trio of actors. They all fit their roles. Wyatt Russell is perfect for his. They are compelling characters. I like their resolutions. It's a good relationship movie between two male friends. Melanie Lynskey also has a good scene.
Reviewed by ksf-2 7 / 10

road trip!

Jason (russell) is a successful small-time singer, with paying gigs and a fan base. His buddy paul ( karpovsky) is a struggling standup. So jason takes paul along out on the road as his warm-up act. Paul is just starting out, and has issues with confidence. And reading the room. And doesn't really have a strong routine worked out. He keeps depending on one stupid joke that isn't funny. Of course, they fight over a girl. Several girls. The shenanigans of going on a road tour. Small roles for melanie lynskey (rose, from two and a half men!) and michael ian black. While jason's career is on the upswing, he hasn't gotten his personal life ironed out. It turns out he and paul both have parts of their life that they haven't figured out yet. Turns into a drama. Interesting possible connections: vinny chhibber and mike manning have small roles in the film, and one of the production companies listed here is chhibber mann productions. And... wyatt russell talks about leslie mann on his imdb page. Film written and directed by jeff grace. His one directing gig so far. It's good.
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