American Splendor

You might be fooled by the promotional materials into thinking that this is a comedy. It is, in fact, a biography of a man and his art, and true to that fact it has its funny and serious moments. The cast does decent work, but the true star here is the real life Harvey Pekar (appearing throughout in documentary interludes) and his commitment to presenting his work and its philosophy in blazing, uncompromising honesty. We should all be so legitimate.