For an actor who plays a famous actor on HBO’s Entourage, Adrian Grenier notes the irony of the fiction that has altered his reality. It is through this documentary, “Teenage Paparazzo” that he steps behind the lens in an attempt to understand and make sense of his new-found fame.

The documentary provides a surprisingly deep and honest portrayal of paparazzi in today’s culture that is obsessed with celebrity. The film makes a conscious effort to provide media theories and psychology through interviews with professors, actors, and those in the celebrity business.

The subject of Grenier’s documentary is an ambitious 13-year-old paparazzo Austin Visschedyk who is enraptured by the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood lifestyle. Unknowingly, Grenier’s association with Visschedyk heightens the young paparazzo’s personal desire for fame and celebrity. It is this lure of the Hollywood lifestyle that creates tension and drama in what they come to realize is a mutually exploitive relationship. Much like the business they work in.

Grenier moves “Teenage Paparazzo” beyond the ‘rise-to-fame’ personal documentary as he dives deeper to explore the human-desire for acceptance. Placing himself as a prop to test out his theories and the relationship between celebrity, those who feed into it, and those who consume it.

Teenage Paparazzo is perfectly narrated and nuanced as well as thoroughly entertaining. Who knew Vincent Chase was so deep?

Check out Adrian Grenier at Sundance.