magicfingers-627-732455 Performers are vain and sensitive. Many want to be performers, to make money, to earn fame. Very few accomplish either."Heckler" involves those who have proved themselves worthy of praise and those who would be better off in another line of work. Who decides? The audience.The clips of Jaime Kennedy show an earnest, young performer who isn't very funny in the footage shown. He's mad about it, hurt from it, but it's not the critics' fault. There are more established and successful comedians (Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, et al) who cry a bit about having their feelings singed, yet who have solid material and clear vision.There is a wide range of notables and has-beens in this show. More would care if they hadn't spent their day cleaning toilet and serving fries. After all, trying-to-be-funny people: you're not doctors, serious artists, record-setting athletes, best-selling authors. Be glad you earned a dime. You're clowns. Either toughen up or do something useful.Life is hard work. Most people (as in 99+%) don't give a damn if you exist, let alone if you succeed in telling jokes by making a million dollars and having everyone love you. There is a glut of amateur performers in America. It's a sickness. It's vainglorious bullshit. Rather than spend all day trying to convince the world how important your art is or sitting in some selfish depression, get off your ass and do something useful. Because if you are really destined to do the job, you will work at it and be great at it. Otherwise, you'll just waste your time and other people's money.

hedcraft These comedians want you to like them so much, you can almost tell they're on the verge of tears knowing that somebody thinks they suck. It starts out strong, with some great comics talking about how much they love verbally destroying hecklers, but quickly degrades into a string of second-rate comics talking about how much it sucks when people say mean things about them. They run out of actual footage after about a half hour, so the last half of the movie is Jaime Kennedy tracking down people who gave him a bad review and trying to make them feel bad by talking about how chicks totally want to screw him. It's entertaining in the same way it would be to watch a group of autistic children diving for quarters. You'll probably laugh, but you won't feel good about it after.

cobra_freak_006 this documentary goes into hecklers to critics to a-holes like us on the internet. one of the more interesting things i thought was in this film was about the movie critics and self proclaimed movie critics out there on the internet that claim they are being honest but are really writing crap about the person that made the film or the actor.a few things they mentioned was Malibu's most wanted which even i remember people saying it was the worst movie they have ever seen. which to me i wouldn't say it was the best but i thought it was funny because i knew many kids that acted that way and saw the humor in it by dragging those kids in to watch it. only thing i feel this film should of gotten more into detail about was the subject of critics and people writing bad reviews about movies they have never even seen. for example i remember listening to howard stern talk to a person who bashed his film, private parts, in the news paper and also said she never seen the film and never would. overall i enjoyed watching this film and loved it when some of those hecklers got in the boxing ring with some "critics"

ritera1 I find it funny that this film is full of comediennes complaining about hecklers and critics. Isn't it the job of a comedienne to be a critic?Sure, hecklers can be a pain in the ass as they are interrupting an attempt at creativity. But critics say what they think after the fact (i.e. comics). What's wrong with that? It's a matter of the opinion of one person. Sure, that opinion might be a landmine of bias and hate. But maybe it isn't. In the end, it's one person's opinion. ONE person. Let me remind you that you will not please everyone all of the time, even if you are "good". All these whiners think that their ATTEMPT at creativity is the finish line. Gawd bless them! Most of the people interviewed likely make very good livings doing what they do. So they have succeeded with enough people to live comfortably. That isn't enough? It sure would be for me (as I'm also an aspiring screenwriter but have never been this blubbery about criticism).Good for them. Good for them. I wouldn't dislike someone who can make a good living doing something that doesn't hurt anyone. But just 'cause something is created doesn't make it good to me. Listen to most people and they don't have a really high opinion of film, TV, music, etc. Some, sure, but never ALL of creativity.Take a cue from professional wrestling. They THRIVE on being booed. They revel in it. Bad press is better than no press.As for the film, I find it a repetitive, slanted, propaganda piece in favor of reasonably wealthy performers against critics who are infrequently represented. The few they had sounded reasonable. The very brief ending groped for balance but was sarcastic and equally vindictive about it. Are you trying to tell me that Jamie Kennedy has no opinions? He's just non-committal and accepting of ALL creativity?