Comedian
10/18/02 | Film
This is the "Jerry Seinfeld movie." Although he is definitely in it, he is only one of two main characters. The film is really about a young comic finally breaking it big and a big comic trying to reinvent himself. Thankfully, the director (Christian Charles) decided to focus more time on Jerry Seinfeld. Orny Adams, the other main character, was annoying, generally unfunny and a real dickhead. It was interesting, but almost painful to watch. Thus, it was the saving grace of the film. If this had just been about Jerry, it could have devolved into an E! True Hollywood Story.
The movie was definitely entertaining, but I feel like it fell short of its goal, or maybe not. I just didn't learn anything earth-shattering about the comedy business or either of the two comics, but maybe that wasn't the point. If it wasn't, then it was interesting to watch Seinfeld put together a new act and see him fail a number of times. It was also a lot of fun to hear some good comedy.
And to sum it up, Orny Adams is a dickhead.