Heckler

2007 "Everyone's a critic."
Heckler
6.1| 1h20m| R| en| More Info
Released: 04 November 2007 Released
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Country: United States of America
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HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.

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andypapier The true irony of this movie is that the comedians and actors interviewed become the hecklers of hecklers and critics. For the most part I sympathize and agree with what the comedians are saying. But when Eli Roth just makes fun of a fat chick in Cleveland as though anyone who doesn't live in Hollywood or like his movies is a dumb worthless piece of sh*t, he becomes the bully (heckler) he's complaining about. Another bit of irony is that I am writing this "review" about a movie that essentially just becomes a sob fest of actors complaining about bad reviews they've received. After a half hour of this I started having a hard time feeling sorry for them no matter how right they were and just got bored. It really just shows how self obsessed some of these people are. Do they ever disagree with a good review? Sorry some of your movies are really, really sh*tty and you know they are sh*tty. Does that mean people shouldn't or won't watch them? Hell no. People love bad movies and I love tons of 'em, but don't get your p*nties in a bind if somebody calls your piece a sh*t a piece of sh*t. Just count your cash all the way the bank and get your agent on the horn, because I'm sure there's another piece of sh*t waiting for you to star in. Anyway, I give this movie 2 1/2 waffles. ;)
hedcraft These comedians want you to like them so much, you can almost tell they're on the verge of tears knowing that somebody thinks they suck. It starts out strong, with some great comics talking about how much they love verbally destroying hecklers, but quickly degrades into a string of second-rate comics talking about how much it sucks when people say mean things about them. They run out of actual footage after about a half hour, so the last half of the movie is Jaime Kennedy tracking down people who gave him a bad review and trying to make them feel bad by talking about how chicks totally want to screw him. It's entertaining in the same way it would be to watch a group of autistic children diving for quarters. You'll probably laugh, but you won't feel good about it after.
cole-morgan Jamie, you freaking rock man. I don't review movies on IMDb often but I had to throw one your way.I've worked in film/TV production for a few years on the side and have seen this up close. I think this film said what needed to be said and they should show it in schools as a lesson in humanity. I started watching this as it was recommended on Netflix after I watched Joe Rogan's stand-up and was looking for something short before a meeting later in the day. I was so hooked, I skipped the important meeting and finished the film. I definitely got more perspective from the film than any meeting. I don't want to overstate this - I just really think more people should see this film. Bravo sir.
barefoottourguide This brought back many memories from a past career in standup. Unlike Jamie, I was not able to get past criticism for the sake of jealous individuals or people not with the guts to give it a real try to feel better about themselves. It is fair to be able to face your critics and have them explain why they feel compelled to go beyond criticism of the work and demonize your existence. No one forced Jamie to be in the spotlight. No one asked you to sit in the darkness in anonymity and focus your own bloated self-righteousness on those who do put themselves out there. Whether it is appropriate to put this confrontation in he public view is a worthy discussion, but to call it whiny to discuss the horrible feeling of having your art... and yes it is art... to be disrespected as such is not. If I deleted bloggers' user accounts before they could finish a post, they might understand what it is to be in the spotlight facing down a critic or heckler.