Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.
Heckler is a somewhat self-serving but genuinely entertaining documentary in which Jamie Kennedy turns a personal grievance into a broader meditation on criticism and cruelty in the internet age. The premise is engaging and the celebrity interview segments provide real comedic energy, though the film's structure is loose and its argument is one-sided — Kennedy rarely engages seriously with the idea that criticism can be valid and constructive. Cinematography is standard talking-heads documentary fare with little visual ambition. The novelty is modest: while the topic was timely in 2007, the execution doesn't transcend its niche. The ending fizzles without a satisfying resolution or genuine insight, leaving the viewer feeling the film made its point early and then kept repeating it.