How to Be a Man

How to Be a Man is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Chadd Harbold and starring Gavin McInnes. It tells the story of an ex-comedian who mistakenly believes that he is dying from breast cancer, and therefore makes a video with advice for his unborn son. The film was produced through Zero Day Fox.

Cast

Gavin McInnes as Mark McCarthy
Liam Aiken as Bryan
Megan Neuringer as Margot
Nicole Balsam as Gabby
Marisa Redanty as Bryan's mom
Helen Rogers as Kaitlin
Jasmine Osborne as Annabelle

Release

The film premiered on August 10, 2013 at the Sundance Next Weekend in Los Angeles. It was released on the Internet on March 15, 2014.

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter's Justin Lowe wrote: "Serving as a reminder that gross-out male-centric comedies aren't just the domain of better-pedigreed productions, How To Be A Man strips the genre down to its bare essentials, which primarily has the effect of emphasizing the careful tonal calibration required to effectively pull off a such a relentless raunch-fest.... With his extensive media background, Vice Magazine co-founder, comedian and ad-man McInnes would seem to be a savvy commentator on contemporary male foibles, but Man's litany of life lessons turns out to have variable appeal when reduced to their lowest common denominators of sex, partying and bodily functions."