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Mansome

What makes a guy handsome? What makes a guy mansome? If you want to know, Mansome is just the right documentary for you to watch. Comically narrated yet factual in its discoveries, Mansome is so strange that it's entertaining.
For example, one of the aspects of manhood that the documentary touches on is obsession with facial hair. The film then goes on to follow a man in a world's best beard competition and see how it is extremely important to him. Yes. This is real. In fact, one of the most interesting parts about this documentary is that viewers are amazed that any of this stuff could be real because it is all so weird. In this way, the film is extremely engaging and definitely holds viewers' attention.
Also, because it is continually narrated by Will Arnett and Jason Bateman with excerpts from Zach Galifinakis, viewers will hear the occasional funny commentary which also helps keeps viewers engaged, especially after watching weirdo after weirdo for over an hour.
When it comes down to the core though, the documentary asks an interesting question in regard to a society that is obsessed with male grooming such as men waxing their eyebrows or getting extreme wigs created for themselves (as shown in the film): what does it really mean to be a modern man? Even though the answer is somewhat goofy and made to be funny, one really does have to consider how manhood is changing from what it used to be.
Because of this, I would give this a 2.8/5 beards. It's funny and somewhat interesting but the strangeness factor is a little much. I would recommend this to people who are really bored and want to laugh at weirdos. 

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