I still haven't decided what to do with a movie like Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2010, Louis C.K.), which played on the big screen a handful of times (including at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival) but is essentially a straight-to-DVD title, in terms of site coverage. I figure I'll write up reviews for, say, made-for-HBO movies, since there's some really brilliant work being done on that channel, but if I open up the floodgates to every non-theatrical title, then this blog will be overrun by write-ups on cheesy Wesley Snipes action vehicles and whatnot. (Actually, that wouldn't be so bad.) So for now, I'll just do a really brief review of the film in question, of which not a lot needs to be said.
Basically, Louis C.K.: Hilarious possesses the best truth-in-advertising title since U2 3D. This stand-up-comedy concert film is so unrelenting in its attack on the funny bone that I would've fainted from exhaustion if it had lasted even a minute longer. It would hardly be exaggerating to label it as your-neighbors-may-call-the-police-because-your-laughter-is-legitmately-disturbing-the-peace funny. In one bit, Louis skewers people who overuse the adjective "hilarious," but it certainly applies here. Grade: A
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