'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous' review

Just out of high school, Zach (Bo Burnham) is going to be famous. He has collected all the money he ever made to hire a camera crew, which films his life. Mom (Kari Coleman) and Dad (Tom Wilson) are worried, but not Zach, who embellishes aspects of his daily post-high-school existence to make them palatable to a celebrity-obsessed culture.

Burnham is a funny and talented dude -- as millions of fans who obsessed over his YouTube music-comedy output over the past few years would attest. But can this type of personality fit into the tightly structured, time-tested fixture of culture known as the "sitcom?"

The evidence indicates an affirmative. It's a double-barreled blast at celebrity culture. But there's gentleness, too.

Verne Gay is a Newsday

staff writer.