Heckler is a 2007 documentary film. After a brief examination of the means, methods, and motives of hecklers (and their effect on live performance), the film segues into a longer examination of film and music critics, including their effect on performers. The parallel made by the movie posits the film's main point, that most critics are no better than hecklers.

Release

Heckler premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...

. The film never received a wide or limited release, going direct to DVD release.