A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This film reminded me of an African-American version of "Broadway Danny Rose" or "Dickie Roberts." Unfortunately it wasn't near as funny as either one. Jeff Woods (Tony Rock) is a comedian whose life is being shot as a documentary. He was big and famous and took a fall because of drugs and went into rehab.This is about his climb back.First you have to get over the unrealistic idea that Hollywood cares about its stars doing drugs and going into rehab. While this was supposed to be a comedy, it never did hit on all cylinders. What could have been funny was them actually showing Jeff's standup act, one that was funny and revealed character. They worked their way around that, because writing that kind of scene, which would have made this film, was beyond the ability of writer/director Kenny Young who was looking for the cheap buck. Jeff's agent Grant acts stereotypically gay....fabulous! The overweight secretary was the best character in the script and she did make me laugh.The movie while failing at being a comedy was also attempting to be a drama about redemption that didn't work either. The ending was thrust upon you out of the blue.PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bombs, n-word, brief sex and nudity.

Being a comedian in LA, I didn't have high expectations for this film because there are just so many attempts to create documentaries about comedy/comedians and most get it wrong. Now mind you, I don't know a plethora of comics that are losing everything to dope...but its a common tragedy for the entertainment industry in general so I was game. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I thought the film was very accurate in their portrayal of: the comedic scene, comic relations, social and career expectations and drug addiction. It was also awesome to see friends and people I have respected do so well. A must see...a great mix of FUNNY, DRAMATIC and RELEVANT.

I thought this movie was great.Im pretty critical when it comes to movies.. I don't like the usual garbage. Didn't know what to expect when I popped it in. After watching the first 5 mins I thought it was some stupid comedy that was trying too hard.It starts with a lot of Black comics doing short interviews.Kept it on because the direction and the way its made was keeping my attention...not the actual comedy. After a while I realised it wasn't a comedy. Its a serious movie slash documentary with a dorkey comedy element thrown in on top that really makes this movie original. The comedy isn't supposed to make you laugh out loud but comedy that will make you chuckle a bit.We are following the life a comic and the hurdles he faces in life so making the audience laugh too much will take away from the drama/ seriousness of the movie.Everything blended together really well. A couple scenes may leave you with a question mark but you'll get over it if you have an open mind.Acting was great all around, the direction and other work put into this movie was done very well. Great stuff! This movie is inspirational to me and Im glad I got to watch it.

This movie is getting horrible reviews, I don't understand why. It's a mockumentary, they bring in a lot of famous black comics to participate. It's not like they spent millions to make this movie but the quality isn't completely atrocious, it's actually decent. Everything about the movie is cool until they try to make it a serious love/drug addiction sad story; which is why I'm only giving it a 6 since I watched this movie to laugh my ass off, not to see people cry and go through interventions. Besides that, I thought the movie was funny as hell, my favorite character is F.U. and I wished we had seen more of him.