I watched this as a result of liking the book 'Eddie Krumble Is The Clapper'. Dito Montiel, the author of the book, wrote and directed the movie.
The central idea of the story is a good one. Eddie (Ed Helms) is happy enough with his job as a 'clapper' in audiences for infomercials and is slowly starting a relationship with gas-station worker Judy (Amanda Seyfried) until a late-night talk show notices him in several infomercials and he goes viral, which costs him his job and his relationship.
Helms does an excellent job as a man who finds the peaceful, anonymous life he had shattered, without understanding what's happening to him or why. Helms plays Eddie in a way that you can't help but feel sorry for him.
Maybe there's a message in there about laughing at total strangers on the internet. Those who are exploiting Eddie for entertainment, and those doing the laughing are the ones who are in the wrong here.
I think a lot of the negative reviews are because people expected that with this cast, it would be a comedy. It's not. But I found it to be an entertaining and somewhat sweet film and I think well worth 90 minutes of anyone's time.
The central idea of the story is a good one. Eddie (Ed Helms) is happy enough with his job as a 'clapper' in audiences for infomercials and is slowly starting a relationship with gas-station worker Judy (Amanda Seyfried) until a late-night talk show notices him in several infomercials and he goes viral, which costs him his job and his relationship.
Helms does an excellent job as a man who finds the peaceful, anonymous life he had shattered, without understanding what's happening to him or why. Helms plays Eddie in a way that you can't help but feel sorry for him.
Maybe there's a message in there about laughing at total strangers on the internet. Those who are exploiting Eddie for entertainment, and those doing the laughing are the ones who are in the wrong here.
I think a lot of the negative reviews are because people expected that with this cast, it would be a comedy. It's not. But I found it to be an entertaining and somewhat sweet film and I think well worth 90 minutes of anyone's time.