“Hacks” is a phenomenal work of art. It’s only fault is that it pretends to be a real documentary, but never really looks like one. The characters and some of their knee-slapping flashbacks push that minor quibble aside, though. Rockowitz, a comedian who wrote and directed this, has a knack for knowing not only what is intellectually funny, but what is also inappropriately humorous. There isn’t much that is safe in this film, and there’s plenty to make people squirm in their seats, but that’s what great comedy should do. Rockowitz, like all the great comedians, is having fun at the expense of his audience, and that puts his film in the realm of inspired genius. Festivals have banned it, and the Academy will (thankfully) ignore it. That only proves its point, though. Comedy is a dangerous weapon, and this is a full-scale nuclear attack.
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