It is the story of Bruce Madsen who decided to return to the road to play in a comedy club after leaving his film career. This star tries to spend endless nights in budget hotel rooms. This man tries to revive his career, and to revive his emotional life in a short period where he must get out of the way safely.
The truth is, I found "Road Hard" to be a low-key gem, a consistently funny albeit conventional story about a guy who's almost always the funniest person in the room, and is almost always his own worst enemy.
Movie Mezzanine
March 12, 2015
...even when Carolla is on-stage and performing with some type of emotional subtext, this definitely ain't Lenny.
Carolla, who co-wrote and co-directed the picture with Kevin Henchis, has a way of making his remarkably stiff screen presence endearing. He plays Bruce with gentle self-mockery and a touch of genuine pathos.
This feature directing debut for Adam Carolla and frequent writing/producing collaborator Kevin Hench is an amiable, nicely assembled semi-autobiographical fiction that will please the former's fans.
Here's a comedy about a stand-up comedian trying to get out of the comedy business. And here's my advice to him: Don't quit your day job. You're good at it, and it serves the movie.
