To me, this movie is perfection.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is the funniest movie I have seen in years. I saw it at the Johns Hopkins Film Festival, where the audience laughed along with me through the entire film. This is a mockumentary about a group of stand-up comedians that are hopelessly out of touch with their audience (and with the boundaries of good taste) that goes beyond the Spinal Tap genre, showcasing a very talented cast and their off-beat, funny and sometimes outrageous personas. I found myself laughing my head off, sometimes thinking, " I shouldn't be laughing at this," but laughing nonetheless. This film deserves a wider audience; hopefully a distributor will pick it up soon and show it outside the film festival circuit.

To be sure, Glenn Rockowitz is a disturbed individual. Through his eyes, we see a world of losers. Myopic people that cannot see 2 inches in front of their face, and cause more havoc and confusion than their resolution abilities can handle. In the end, these people are hilarious to watch. Like Spinal Tap and Best In Show, Hacks is an exposure of "real" people who are just like us. Whether we express it or not, the dry humor of these movies surrounds our daily lives.I laughed, did not cry, and have decided that I like this movie - even if I'd also like to kick Rockowitz in the nuts if we ever meet.

One of the best films I caught at the Johns Hopkins Film Festival, i don't think I went five minutes without laughing out loud. If you get a chance to see this at a film fest near you don't pass it out, I'm patiently waiting for a DVD to be released soon hopefully...

I dont normally write reviews of things 'cause i don't want to waste the time, but after reading the first review of this film, i HAD to write to defend this movie. i saw the movie at sundace film festival in january. ohmigod - i have never laughed so much in my life. i went away from this film blown away at the kinds of things being done on such small budgets. i know the budget from this site anbd cant believe it. Hacks was beautifully shot, expertly performed, brilliantly edited and f*cking hilarious. and in an extremely intelligent way. i read the first guy's review and freaked. i agree that auple of parts (only two VERY small ones) were a bit long, but c'mon!! the movie was so quick paced - and the jokes and perfomances so funny, the slow parts were a nice break! and to suggest that things were done 'in poor taste' - PLEASE! the movie is a parody. if you really GET the joke, you understand that the film was intended to make fun of the self-righteous morons that run show business - even on the lowest rung of the ladder. i thought the movie was f-ing brilliant. you can tell that the people who made this film were very smart, clever individuals who unedrstand that just because you employ certain comedy devices, it doesn't necessarily make it 'low brow' as slower people might lead you to believe. anyway, the movie rocked and deserves to be in every friggin theater in the country. the cast of Hacks are all going to be household names very soon. mark my words. if you can catch this movie anywhere near you - i urge you to do so. you've never seen anything like it and probably never will again (unless these guys make another movie).