What starts out as an entertaining look at early viral videos soon becomes an attempt to sympathize with "the angriest man in the world." However, the documentary takes a turn for the worse, when (even though we DO feel slightly bad for him) we begin to realize that he actually is quite an asshole. However, much like the original video, you can't help but laugh.

We end up with a well-made, well-edited, and entertaining enough doc that was as good as it could have been, given the circumstances.

Compelling subject, great beginning and end, but the middle foundered a bit. The filmmaker tried too hard to force his own vision of who Jack Rebney should be, instead of letting him be himself.

I don't know if this guy is crazy or a genius. A very interesting look at a man who gained fame when he wasn't looking for it, in the days before everyone and everything was on the Internet. I really enjoyed watching him come to understand that the fascination with his out takes wasn't that people were trying to humiliate him, but that they could relate to him or found his antics to be a release that they needed when things were tough. Even though he went kicking and screaming all the way, I think in the end he finally got it and learned to appreciate the joy and laughter he brought people.

Much like Jack Rebney, I guess "I don't get it". I don't understand the obsession with him and his obscenity-laced tirade. I don't understand why the filmmakers thought this subject matter made for a compelling doc. I don't understand why it worked, but it does, for the most part. The only real drawback, for me anyhow, is that I found Jack himself to be a very tragic character, whom the director tried to mold in his own image, rather than just document the man himself. He's bitter and angry and alive in a world he doesn't quite grasp, nor does he have any real desire to. His body is failing him, piece by piece, and loneliness has obviously set in, yet he secludes himself up in the mountains. I didn't laugh as much as I probably should have, mostly because I could shake my overwhelming sympathy for this sad, despondent man.

Jack Rebney is a fascinating individual, but I couldn't help but feel that the filmmakers exploited him somewhat when they start prodding him along the narrative they want to show instead of what he wants to say.

An oddly heart-warming documentary about an eccentric, foul-mouthed man and the "found footage" sensation he became when he was videotaped flubbing his lines for an industrial film about winnebagos.
While the documentarian injects a bit too much of himself in the piece (it happens enough organically through the actions of the docs' subject), I found this movie to be surprisingly poignant as it speaks to humanity, the fragility of both the mind and the body, and priorities in today's hyper-connected world. A must-see.

I don't really know what to rate it. It was an okay film to have on in the background but I prefer more daring memes such as le Shiggy Donatello

What starts out as an entertaining look at early viral videos soon becomes an attempt to sympathize with "the angriest man in the world." However, the documentary takes a turn for the worse, when (even though we DO feel slightly bad for him) we begin to realize that he actually is quite an asshole. However, much like the original video, you can't help but laugh.

We end up with a well-made, well-edited, and entertaining enough doc that was as good as it could have been, given the circumstances.

εντάξει, καλό θα ήταν ένα ντοκιμαντέρ να έχει και μια κάποια ιστορια ε

I liked the doc. But I didn't think the source of the outtakes were so outragously hilarious to become the cult thing that it became.

Youtube ha demostrado que cualquiera puede ser famoso y que las personas adquieren mas popularidad si hacen el ridiculo. Jack Rebney pudo haber sido recordado como un gran periodista o un importante intelectual sin embargo hoy en dia es recordado como el "Winnebago Man" o el hombre mas enojon del mundo despues de clips donde lo muestran maldiciendo al mundo entero mientras filmaba un comercial para camionetas. Despues de que el video fue visto por todos, Rebney se convirtio en una especie de hermitaño viviendo en una cabaña aislada en California.
Jack Rebney es una persona fascinante que vive odiando al mundo y que tiene sus reservaciones de volver a aparecer frente a las camaras y compartir su vida personal. "Winnebago Man" nos hace apreciarlo como una persona y no como el bufon de los ridiculos comerciales aun cuando los cineastas nos obtienen una confesion real acerca de sus problemas emocionales, aun asi es un documental muy interesante y divertido.

Watched this after listening to Junk Food Dinner podcast 145 (which I recommend) where they talk to Nick Prueher from the Found Footage Festival. This documentary tells a really kind of touching and human story. The depth of this man's character was very surprising to me.

Much like Jack Rebney, I guess "I don't get it". I don't understand the obsession with him and his obscenity-laced tirade. I don't understand why the filmmakers thought this subject matter made for a compelling doc. I don't understand why it worked, but it does, for the most part. The only real drawback, for me anyhow, is that I found Jack himself to be a very tragic character, whom the director tried to mold in his own image, rather than just document the man himself. He's bitter and angry and alive in a world he doesn't quite grasp, nor does he have any real desire to. His body is failing him, piece by piece, and loneliness has obviously set in, yet he secludes himself up in the mountains. I didn't laugh as much as I probably should have, mostly because I could shake my overwhelming sympathy for this sad, despondent man.