The Comedy - 2012 - 3 Stars

Actors:  Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Director:  Rick Alverson

Most of what I've heard about this film beforehand is that the title 'The Comedy' is misleading, but it's actually pretty accurate.  This isn't to say that The Comedy is funny, because it's not (nor is it anti-comedy, despite the Tim and Eric starring roles), but it could be - it's more an examination of comedy.  What if someone was trying to be funny, only he didn't find himself funny, nor did he have an audience for his humor?  That's The Comedy.

There's no real arc to the film so it's hard for me to rate it any better than this.  It's sort of an anti-Samsara - we need to get Heidecker's character into a theater so he can check that one out, and maybe riff on it a bit.  To a degree, it's a film that doesn't need to be watched, just explained to other people; it may be better as a concept than an actual piece of art. On the other hand, a non-watcher would miss out on Heidecker's performance, which is quite good.