Bill Burr’s directorial debut is better at being self-righteous than it is at being funny.
Comedian Bill Burr acutely understands the power of a good rant—how anger has its own unique rhythm and flow. From his first HBO half hour in 2005 through his seven Netflix specials, Burr has built a career out of blowing his stack on stage, righteously and irrationally. Only recently has he found success applying that persona to fictional characters, in films like, in which he casts himself as a man whose anger at the modern world threatens his family life.
Jack, Burr’s stand-in, loves being a father to his young son, but he constantly finds himself at odds with the people in his life, like thin-skinned parents or Dr. L , the obnoxious principal of his kid’s ultra-progressive private school. His attitude reaches critical mass when he calls Dr. L a “stumpy cunt” at the same time that his sports jersey company is made over by his new “woke” millennial CEO , who turns it into a “gender-neutral, carbon-neutral, 21st century lifestyle apparel brand.
Every time Jack’s rage or lack of filter gets him into trouble, Burr emphasizes the situation’s inherent unfairness. It’s difficult to take seriously the message of maintaining one’s cool and evolving with the culture when Burr and co-writer Ben Tishler reiterate Jack’s unflinching honesty against a coterie of, for a lack of a better term, woke scolds.
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