Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon as he takes his live podcast on a national tour.
Harmontown is a niche but earnest documentary following Dan Harmon's chaotic podcast tour. It works best as a character study of a self-aware but self-destructive creative, offering some genuine emotional honesty. The filmmaking is functional rather than distinguished, and the appeal is largely limited to fans of Harmon or Community. Acting is not really applicable in the traditional sense, but the on-camera presence of subjects is uneven. Novelty is modest — the rockumentary-style tour doc is a familiar form, though Harmon's specific neuroses give it some personality.