Adam Carolla raised $1.5 million for this movie, spent a million, and it still looks like a low budget movie. The story is hackneyed and forced, the main character is extremely unlikable, the dialogue is stale and forced, and the nudity is gratuitous. This is a movie made for the fans who forked over movie to Carolla to make this sad, forgettable movie.
Everything is based on Carolla's own experiences or observations. He's clearly jealous of Jimmy Kimmel, once his closest friend who gave him his start as a headliner. Somehow Kimmel has considerable clout in Hollywood, and has always wanted to help his old friend, but Carolla is too stubborn and narcissistic to accept it or move with the times.
The best scene in the movie is with the Kimmel analog, played by Jay Mohr, mildly scolding Bruce (played by Carolla) to "do the work". Bruce rejects it by calling it being his "fluffer".
The entire movie is unpleasant and not funny, despite it being about a stand-up comedian. Carolla's talents are limited, and whining about how life is so hard for him in a 90 minute movie shows that limitation.
Everything is based on Carolla's own experiences or observations. He's clearly jealous of Jimmy Kimmel, once his closest friend who gave him his start as a headliner. Somehow Kimmel has considerable clout in Hollywood, and has always wanted to help his old friend, but Carolla is too stubborn and narcissistic to accept it or move with the times.
The best scene in the movie is with the Kimmel analog, played by Jay Mohr, mildly scolding Bruce (played by Carolla) to "do the work". Bruce rejects it by calling it being his "fluffer".
The entire movie is unpleasant and not funny, despite it being about a stand-up comedian. Carolla's talents are limited, and whining about how life is so hard for him in a 90 minute movie shows that limitation.