Good Comedy

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2017)

As a stand up comic myself, I was very pleased to see so many stand up comics in this film. They acted well. I've always wondered why so many stand ups of yesteryear (i.e.: George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Bob Saget, etc.) who were themselves onstage couldn't quite transfer that ability to screen acting well. I think that it's a rather easy transition after you've had your soul drained out of you onstage.
Anyway, it was a pleasant element, as were the jokes in the script. James Franco is to be commended for acting poorly so well. Even his physical acting when his Tommy character was "acting" in his movie was absolutely horrible. Nailed it. It's probably difficult for an experienced, talented actor to discard everything that he knows about his craft for weeks at a time.
If you're familiar with film making, you're going to laugh when you realize that Seth Rogen's SCRIPT SUPERVISOR character seems to be taking over the role of director as Tommy's incompetence is exposed.
It also had surprisingly touching and sympathetic moments between Tommy and his closest friend near the end.
There were a few lulls in which I wasn't laughing and getting somewhat bored, but overall I was impressed.