Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

aka Conan O'Brien needs your attention. An unflattering, unfocused, unfunny doc about a vain road show.

This can only really be recommended for die-hard Coco fans and those who have no idea what his tour was like. All attempts to be anything more than a tour document (i.e. the few interviews with Conan) never come to a head, not even an unsatisfactory one - they're just cut strings. A few light laughs and a look at backstage Conan is all this has to offer. That doesn't make it bad, it just doesn't make it noteworthy either.

I'm not really interested in late night talk shows, but I expected this to be a funny documentary. I didn't really laugh. Instead I was made uncomfortable by awkward fan interactions. Pretty disappointing, since I had heard some good things about it. Great, or even good documentaries can force the audience to become fascinated with the most mundane nonsense. There's none of that here in this film. A fascination with O'Brien is a prerequisite, here. This film is for die-hard fans only.

It kinda made me remember how mediocre most of Conan's stuff is. It's a decent documentary though and has its moments.

While I do feel for Conan having to put up with all of the stupid fanboy BS nonstop all day when he's on the tour, he brings a lot of it on himself. When he's actually backstage or writing with him team (or interacting with his assistant), he's kind of an unfunny jerk. It's cool that he was willing to do something like this and open himself up, but the documentary just isn't *that* interesting, and it made me like Conan O'Brien just a little bit less.