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Folk Hero & Funny Guy

2016 · 91 min

A gentle, low-key road trip comedy about friendship and creative envy, easy to settle into and quietly charming.

Directed by
Jeff Grace
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring
Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner
Overview
Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker respectively, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their "mojo" and finding love in the process.

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Directed by
Jeff Grace
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring
Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Jeff Grace
Written by
Jeff Grace
Starring
Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Michael Ian Black, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Melanie Lynskey, David Cross
Music
Adam Ezra
Cinematography
Nancy Schreiber
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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