DELIVERY (Mark Myers). 92 minutes. Opens Friday (September 26). For venues and times, see Movies. Rating: NN
The moronic doc Delivery illustrates the middle-class North American Caucasian male’s capacity for denial and distraction.
After he finds out his wife is pregnant, music video director Mark Myers decides not to address his fears about impending fatherhood. No, instead he challenges himself and a few of his buddies to confront another fear: stand-up comedy. And he’s gonna film the process. Cuz, you know, why help out your wife when you can find something else to obsess about, right?
The film’s set-up is so stupid that for the first half I thought I was watching a mockumentary. The presence of actual comics like Russell Peters, Trevor Boris and Marc Maron sounding incredulous to an unseen interviewer only increased my suspicion.
Myers shows us no reason why he’s interested in comedy or any aptitude in editing together his and his pals’ journeys with the comics’ advice.
But the lead-up to and filming of their performances at amateur night at Yuk Yuk’s is handled skilfully, and it’s moderately entertaining to watch these ordinary guys transform themselves when holding a mic.
