Robert W. Remember when documentaries were for the intellectually elite? Classrooms and learning stuff and the idea that they would be a mainstream genre seemed ridiculous? Well gone are those days and we have a host of documentaries in every possible idea you can think of. This is yet another one. I would hazard to guess that this isn't meant to be a "serious" documentary though I do believe that the star of the film was very serious in his quest but it is just a fun, brainless, and yes incredibly shallow film about a man examining whether or not size matters...all over the world. You will likely recognize the guy (as soon as he told his story I remembered) how his girlfriend turned him down on live Television at a sporting event and the Youtube video went viral. Well this is the after effect of that. We find out that she didn't want to marry him because he has a small penis. Whether or not that is true...I don't know...seems a little much but he goes on a quest all over the world to find out how women, men and cultures view penis size. Some of it is actually interesting and will make you cringe and for many reviews on here, incredibly shallow.Our "hero" so to speak is comedian and Youtube sensation Patrick Moote. Now a lot of reviewers call this guy "whiny" and "shallow" but I will say that I give the guy credit for doing this. How many other guys would make an entire film based on the fact that they have a small manhood? He is truly putting himself out there. I see some genuine emotion in some of the scenes. He is genuinely upset about this and if its acting then he's a very good actor. He is a little pathetic and his one major breakdown is the tantrum of a child but aren't we all a little childish. Moote still has a certain "every guy" quality about him and he's charismatic enough to make the film interesting. He covers a wide variety of culture and talks to some interesting people and you will definitely learn very quickly that he has a very, very low self esteem but we want honesty out of documentaries and Unhung Hero gives you at least that.Moote is not the film maker here either. Instead this is done by Brian Spitz who doesn't have a lot of experience but I think the way he put the film together is done quiet well. Its not a brilliant documentary by any means but it is something that any adult can sit down and enjoy. I mean, for a documentary this one will run you through a ringer of emotions. You will laugh, you'll roll your eyes, you'll cringe, you'll feel empathetic for him and you enjoy journeying with him. You can't help but actually learn some things from this film and I think that is what a documentary should do so how can you say anything bad about it? Michael Moore Doc its not but entertaining...certainly. 7/10

L_Miller I didn't hate this documentary. I heard about it a few times, and mainly that it was fake. Wanted to find out for myself. It's not very polished, but it's sincere - he's open-minded and respectful to the people he interviews. I liked his style as he participates in the narrative without falling into that bland overly-PC lack of reaction. There's just one unfortunate exception and it should not have been in the movie. Like most young people he is insecure and like most documentary filmmaker he's narcissistic, and it results in one unfortunate segment where he tries to film in a Korean sauna. It's sort of slapstick-funny when he's caught and those guys react like you would expect showering men discovering someone sneaking a camera into the shower would react, but it's neither informative or entertaining - just creepy and borderline racist. Shouldn't have been in the film.It's kind of interesting how this issue is viewed in other cultures - the weight-lifting segment is pretty surreal, and when he backs down from a needle in New Guinea - yeah, that's cause for reflection. The segment where he considers surgery - this is not a joke for some people, it's really that important to them.Some of it is Spurlock-type selfie time and it's a little forced when he slaps a meta-layer of narrative about not being sure why he should finish the film and a date turning the camera back on him, but I think he/his crew really wanted to make a documentary and this issue seems very personal to him. He goes around the world and meets people and talks about this issue, and makes some discoveries about this topic and about himself, which is what a documentary is for. His interview with the guy who is in the other direction is interesting for the other perspective, but comes across a little as the rich man bemoaning the loneliness of wealth. It's not for everyone but some people will find it interesting to examine an issue that, while rarely treated seriously by most, is deadly serious for some men. He makes an entertaining show out of it (with a single exception) by talking to different kinds of people, examining the subject from different perspectives and learning as much about himself as he does about the topic.Check it out.

Michael_Elliott UnHung Hero (2013) ** 1/2 (out of 4)Mildly entertaining documentary about Patrick Moote, a man who gets on the jumbo screen at a sporting event to propose to his girlfriend but she rejects him. We learn that it was because of his small penis so Patrick goes around the world trying to make it bigger. UNHUNG HERO kept me mildly entertained as I watched it but I had a hard time viewing it as a documentary. For starters, there's never any proof that this girlfriend dumped him because of his penis size. I mean, perhaps she was just embarrassed at the time? Perhaps she just wasn't ready to settle down? Perhaps hearing from her on if she walked off because of his penis size would have helped things. Also, a lot of this just seems to be done for humor as Patrick is constantly talking about his small penis. We never really see it either so who knows what the truth is. With that said, there are some funny moments scattered throughout and especially when he goes overseas to see how those men handle having a small penis and see what they do to try and make it bigger. We get a few doctors and sex experts talking about sizes and the history of men worrying about it. Again, if you've got nothing better to do then this is something worth watching. However, it's certainly not a well-researched or detailed film.

Suradit Assuming this is an actual account of the experiences of the central character, it is more pathetic than amusing.On the one hand Patrick seems rather brave to choose to propose marriage in a stadium full of people, but rather childish to think that such an act was in any way cool and equally childish to have so poorly understood his relationship with the woman … who promptly refused him. If she at least cared for him a little she might have said she wasn't ready to marry, but to say it was because his penis was too small was clearly aimed at making him more miserable. What kind of relationship had this been? Why was she still in it if she was so eager to bail and cause some pain while doing so?In the same way, his willingness to announce to everyone, from his mother to his friends to a classroom full of strangers in Korea to an assortment of "professionals" who deal with male genitalia that his penis is small suggests a somewhat brave, self-confident person, but that is obviously not who he really is. That he as an individual is obsessed with this issue after being publicly humiliated might be somewhat understandable, but what I found surprising is that coping with this real or imagined problem has created a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide and that some men are willing to do bizarre things like lift 300 pound weights tied to their genitals or allow mutilations by injections or surgery in a totally vain attempt to find a solution.But again Patrick seems to make himself seem more silly than determined. Even his mother tells him he is a quitter, which is borne out by behavior on this sojourn. He is bouncing around the world looking for an answer, but when he is set to bravely undergo some dubious injections he runs away at the last moment and when about to undergo plastic surgery, the sight of someone else under the knife sends him running off to vomit from fear or revulsion. And when he decides to head back home he first withdraws into a petulant silence and then has a hissy fit of self- loathing when it finally dawns on him how ridiculous it all is.He should have probably listened to some good advice he received while on his quest for a magic solution. One gay guy (Savage?) said he had no problem with a partner's relatively small penis, but could not endure the partner's constant obsessive moaning about it. He and an Asian women both said there was a lot more to loving someone than this one, probably exaggerated, characteristic flaw. In a way Patrick did seem to finally absorb this wisdom and start to develop a relationship with a woman he met along the way. She too seemed unconcerned by his supposed inadequacy, but she also appeared to be a little wary that Patrick wouldn't stop obsessing about it.Overall the "documentary" had less to do with the "size matters" issue, although it was amazing how many people were bothered by it, and more to do with a sadly immature person whose underdeveloped sense of self was a bigger problem than his possibly underdeveloped genitals. It all might appeal to prurient teenagers or someone studying personality disorders, but there's not much for anyone else in this "documentary."