Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing on the open-mic circuit. Staged as cinéma vérité that edges into performance art—Safdie performed the disastrous sets in real clubs—the film channels Andy Kaufman’s anti-comedy and the self-reflexive diary mode of David Holzman’s Diary to sketch a sly portrait of a life quietly coming undone.
Benny Safdie
Director
Josh Safdie
Director
Benny Safdie
Ralph Handel
Josh Safdie
The Director (voice)
Peter Rand
The Boss (voice)
Bill Hicks: Relentless75%
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb72%
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill62%
Dane Cook: Vicious Circle64%
Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening67%
Ricky Gervais: Humanity76%
Michael Che Matters68%
The Fireman63%
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert73%
Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now69%
Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden65%
Jack Whitehall: At Large68%
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature74%
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon71%
Ricky Gervais: Mortality70%
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic63%
Jim Jefferies: Intolerant71%
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer69%Acting and Reacting69%
Dave Chappelle: The Closer71%
