How to Be a Man

How to Be a Man is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Chadd Harbold and starring Gavin McInnes. It tells the story of an ex-comedian who discovers 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.

How to Be a Man
Film poster
Directed byChadd Harbold
Produced byTerry Leonard
Written byBryan Gaynor
Chadd Harbold
Gavin McInnes
StarringGavin McInnes
Music byMichael James Onufrak
CinematographyRyan Samul
Edited byBryan Gaynor
Production
company
Zero Day Fox
Distributed byZero Day Fox
Release date
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Gavin McInnes 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.[1] It was released on the Internet on March 15, 2014.[2]

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter'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 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."[3]

gollark: Those are directly practical skills. Research, while often valuable, doesn't pay well because the applications are a while down the line.
gollark: ... no? It might be hard to directly apply.
gollark: Academia isn't very well-paying, apparently.
gollark: The ideal gas PV=nRT one or whatever?
gollark: Your argument against it is based on what seems like a very simplistic understanding of gas in the atmosphere, though.

References
  1. Zumwalt, Nate von (2013-08-11). "Day 3: Gavin McInnes' Errant Life Tips in How To Be A Man; James Ponsoldt's Advice to Filmmakers". sundance.org. Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  2. Spangler, Todd (2014-03-14). "Netflix to Stream Fox Digital Studio Films 'How to Be a Man,' Starring Gavin McInnes, and 'ETXR'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  3. Lowe, Justin (2013-08-27). "How To Be A Man: Sundance Next Weekend Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-09-22.


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