American stand-up Kevin Hart warms up for a gig at Madison Square Garden in this inane, foul-mouthed and desperately unfunny documentary
This dim documentary, co-produced by diminutive African-American standup comic Kevin Hart, starts off with a nightmare sequence in which he has understandable fears about his insignificance and lack of brand recognition. To correct this state of affairs, Hart decides to book himself into Madison Square Garden. But first he sets off to polish his act on a sell-out tour of Canada, Scandinavia, Holland and Britain, a jokeless journey featuring solicited eulogies from local fans. This leads up to Hart's appearance in a packed Garden, where the well-heeled middle-class audience, half of them women, roar with laughter and applaud whenever he uses the words "nigger", "bitch", "fuck" and "shit", which he does several times a minute.
He repeats virtually every sentence, makes strange shrieking noises and has developed a style that largely dispenses with recognisable punch lines. The biggest, interminable set piece features Hart caught in flagrante while being fellated at the wheel of his car. His act, lasting the best part of an hour, is painfully unfunny and makes one suspect that a latter-day follower of Ivan Pavlov had been engaged to condition the audience. I'd rather attend a Norman Wisdom tribute concert in downtown Tirana than see this film again.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/01/kevin-hart-let-me-explain-review
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