I love these HBO mockumentaries. They are a good length and just silly, absurdist fun with really great sports stars not taking themselves seriously at all. It's clear everyone involved is having a fun time and there are some stellar performances from the main actors.

7 Days in Hell is a very silly tennis mockumentary. It's utterly ridiculous from beginning to end, but it's smart enough to make the stupidity work. It seems like something that was probably a lot of fun to make, since its creators were free to ignore all bounds of taste and reason.One imagines half of the movie was devoted to casting, since the whole thing is a mix of Hollywood and sports celebrities. Everyone acquits themselves well.Easily the best thing in the movie is Michael Sheen as talk show host Caspian Wint. I know Sheen as the uptight Dr. Masters, and Caspian proves he has a good deal of range and is an excellent comedic actor. I kind of wish they'd just made a movie about Wint rather than a movie about tennis.I'm not a sports fan, and this might be funnier if you watch tennis, but I still enjoyed it. Not something for the ages, but very fun.

7 days in Hell is a sports mockumentary from HBO about a fictional account of the world's longest tennis match, which took place in the summer of 2001 and lasted for seven days. The match was between Aaron Williams (Andy Samberg) the Andre Agassi lookalike with a John McEnroe temperament who is also the adopted brother of Venus & Serena Williams and Charles Poole (Kit Harington) the pride of Britain who is as dumb as he looks.The narrator, Jon Hamm gets very dramatic with the biographies of the two players and creating tension where none exists. The short film also has real life celebrities from Serena Williams, John McEnroe, Chris Evert and at one point David Copperfield with some magic.Its refreshing silly take on the pomposity of tennis and court rivalries. Here at one point the Queen gets involved in putting pressure on Poole to win Wimbledon for Britain and thus heaping more pressure on the vulnerable simpleton.Some of the humour is a bit hit and miss, its probably overlong as it feels like a long comedy sketch with a big budget and star cameos that eventually runs out of gas. There is also a bit of smut here and there which kind of reminded me of a British orientated comedy than a US one.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were nothing against these guys. If you are as interested in tennis as I am, you will certainly understand this reference. And you will hopefully also enjoy these 42 minutes as much as I did. This comedy short film was really well done. Interviews with former tennis players like McEnroe and Chris Evert added a nice seemingly serious touch, but don't be mistaken. It is 100% comedy. David Copperfield's addition seemed a bit random at first, but it's fine too I guess. The scene where he appeared after one of his tricks (gone wrong) on the Centre Court was funny. I also liked everything with June Squibb, especially the elevator scene and the streakers on the court were fun too. Back to June Squibb, this is a nice watch for lovers of the film "Nebraska" as Will Forte appeared in here too. The runtime was perfect too. There were hardly no scene that felt unnecessary, so it was good to keep the film this short before it could possible drag. And of course, all the tennis scenes were pure comedy gold, especially the one scene called the greatest point ever played. This is a must-see for every tennis fan. Plus the cast isn't that bad either with Hamm, Dunham and Sheen apart from the ones I already mentioned. I laughed from start to finish in here and I was close to giving this one a perfect score. Finally, a mention to Murray Miller who wrote the script for this one. It would be nice to see him get Emmy recognition for this, but I guess not. Anyway, highly recommended. Go check it out.