Folk Hero & Funny Guy

Jason (russell) is a successful small-time singer, with paying gigs and a fan base. His buddy paul ( karpovsky) is a struggling standup. So jason takes paul along out on the road as his warm-up act. Paul is just starting out, and has issues with confidence. And reading the room. And doesn't really have a strong routine worked out. He keeps depending on one stupid joke that isn't funny. Of course, they fight over a girl. Several girls. The shenanigans of going on a road tour. Small roles for melanie lynskey (rose, from two and a half men!) and michael ian black. While jason's career is on the upswing, he hasn't gotten his personal life ironed out. It turns out he and paul both have parts of their life that they haven't figured out yet. Turns into a drama. Interesting possible connections: vinny chhibber and mike manning have small roles in the film, and one of the production companies listed here is chhibber mann productions. And... wyatt russell talks about leslie mann on his imdb page. Film written and directed by jeff grace. His one directing gig so far. It's good.