if you haven not see the gong show tv series then you would not like this movie much at all and not that know the series make this a great movie . i give it a 5 out of 10 because a few thing make it kind of amuse that help make up for it obvious problem . 1 ) it a funny snapshot of the era it be make in and the late 1970 and early 1980 . 2 ) you get a lot of funny cameo of people you have see on the show . 3 ) it interest to see chuck ( the host ) when he isn not do his on air tv personality . 4 ) you get to see a lot of bizarre people do all sort of weirdness just like you see on the tv show . i would not list all the bad thing because there a lot of them and but here a few of the most prominent . 1 ) the gong show movie have a lot of the actual tv show clip which get tire at movie length . 2 ) the movie story line outside of the clip segment be very weak and basically be make up of just one plot point . 3 ) chuck be actually halfway decent a an actor and but most of the rest of the actor be do typical way over the top 1970 flatness . it a good movie to watch when you do not have an hour and a half you want to watch all at once . watch 20 minute at a time and it not so bad . but even then it not so good either . while ) .