Effectively communicates the degree to which Shandling was a tortured genius — and how a horrible childhood trauma birthed and stoked that genius at times, and blunted and diminished it at others.

A lot of us have moments where we wish were as funny or as successful as someone like Garry Shandling; this film really shows the double-edged sword of all of that success. Shandling was driven to do these things mostly because of the tragic loss of his brother at a young age. Once he achieved what he set out to do in show business, he felt an enormous pressure to maintain it. Bob Saget tells an amazing story about Shandling walking off stage following his very first Tonight Show appearance. Within seconds, Shandling burst into tears and asked him “What do I do now?” He did not enjoy achieving his lifelong ambition for even five minutes before it began to gnaw at him that he would now somehow have to find a way to top himself. That’s rough.