Micro Budget
The brief
This mockumentary nails the specific agony of watching someone with zero self-awareness bumble through filmmaking with unshakeable confidence. Patrick Noth commits fully to playing an insufferable wannabe auteur, and the cringe factor hits that perfect sweet spot where you're laughing at the disasters while genuinely feeling secondhand embarrassment. The pacing mimics real documentary rhythms, which makes the escalating incompetence feel authentically painful. If you loved the delusional ambition in The Disaster Artist or laughed at Spinal Tap's oblivious band members, this scratches the same itch for industry-specific satire.
The verdict
If you have a high cringe tolerance and love watching delusional characters fail spectacularly, this mockumentary delivers perfectly painful laughs through one man's incompetent filmmaking journey. If secondhand embarrassment makes you uncomfortable or you prefer more traditional comedy structures, the relentless awkwardness will feel more torturous than funny.
Watch with
- 👥 Friends who love cringe comedy
- 👥 Fellow filmmakers and industry folks
- ⚠️ Skip if you can't handle secondhand embarrassment
Heads up
- Intense secondhand embarrassment throughout (frequent)
- Adult language and crude humor (moderate)
Credits
- Director
- Morgan Evans
- Cast
- Patrick Noth, Emilea Wilson, Jon Gabrus, Nichole Sakura, Brandon Micheal Hall, Jordan Rock, Bobby Moynihan
Official synopsis
A mockumentary about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film.
The Double
Make a night of it
Pair this with Pizza Movie (2026)
Both comedies about amateur filmmakers struggling with ridiculous low budget productions.
Total runtime: 1h 29m + 1h 37m = 3h 6m
