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Folk Hero & Funny Guy

2016

Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Hannah Simone ...

Comedy A road trip buddy comedy about a struggling stand-up who goes on tour to open for his successful singer-songwriter best friend.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A likeable friendship-in-peril road movie with a side order of singer-songwriters."	POS
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"It’s got enough personality and pathos to make it a mildly appealing option amid the usual cacophonous summer fare."	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"What do you get if you make a movie about an aimless, unpleasant road trip? Good guess. For verification, see 'Folk Hero & Funny Guy'."	NEG
United States	Katie Walsh The Playlist	"An amiable road movie powered by great music. But it’s much more than just that, with deeply felt, lived in emotions capturing the ups and downs of longterm friendships, the nervous spark of a new attraction..."	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Year’s most charming buddy comedy (...) Russell and Karpovsky are a winning pair"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Jeff Grace displays a delicate understanding of various modes of male fragility (...) [It fails] to show how Jason and Paul's strengths and insecurities fuel their arts (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Vikram Murthi rogerebert.com	"A rambling road trip story with no real point to it (...) It’s a strangely aimless film with some good ideas but it never follows through (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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