''How to Be a Man'' is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Chadd Harbold and starring

Gavin McInnes Gavin Miles McInnes (; born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian writer, podcaster and far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of '' Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes'', on the subscription-based streaming media platform C ...

. It tells the story of an ex-comedian who mistakenly believes that he is dying from male breast cancer, and therefore makes a video with advice for his unborn son. The film was produced through Zero Day Fox.

Cast

as Mark McCarthy * Liam Aiken as Bryan * Megan Neuringer as Margot * Nicole Balsam as Gabby * Marisa Redanty as Bryan's mom * Helen Rogers as Kaitlin * Jasmine Osborne as Annabelle

Release

The film premiered on August 10, 2013 at the Sundance Next Weekend in Los Angeles. It was released on the Internet on March 15, 2014.

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...

'''s Justin Lowe wrote: "Serving as a reminder that gross-out male-centric comedies aren't just the domain of better-pedigreed productions, ''How To Be A Man'' strips the genre down to its bare essentials, which primarily has the effect of emphasizing the careful tonal calibration required to effectively pull off a such a relentless raunch-fest. ... With his extensive media background, ''

Vice Magazine ''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, ...

'' co-founder, comedian and ad-man McInnes would seem to be a savvy commentator on contemporary male foibles, but ''Man'''s litany of life lessons turns out to have variable appeal when reduced to their lowest common denominators of sex, partying and bodily functions."

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2479384/

References

2013 comedy films 2013 films American comedy films 20th Digital Studio films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub