STARRING: Adam Sandler (Click, Happy Gilmore) Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Superbad)DIRECTOR: Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin)
WRITER: Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Walk Hard, Fun with Dick & Jane)
PLOT: Comedian George Simmons learns he has a terminal illness so he decides to start a friendship with an new performer.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 Judd Apatow is known for mixing outrageous humour with heartfelt stories. Funny People follows the same formula, more so than Apatow’s previous efforts. The comedy is constant with the numerous stand-up bits as well as the lively banter between Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler. In fact, Sandler does a nice job of the serious stuff to.
4 Apatow surrounds fictional George Simmons with a fun cavalcade of real comedians like Silverman, Romano, Reiser, Dick, Fleischer, Wallace, MacDonald. It’s nice to see everyone chippin’ in.
4 I’ve come to the conclusion that Jonah Hill is good in small doses. He’s too much in Superbad but he has just the right amount of humourous input. His quick riff on Harry Potter is very fun.
4 Comedies should be 90 minutes. Funny People is 2 1/2 hours long. It’s like two movies in one. Once the love story kicks in, I was wanting it to end. It really seemed like Apatow couldn’t make up his mind. Leslie Mann does well but is introduced to the story way too late.
4 Some of the stand-up stuff is very funny but I still find that movies these days have too many references to balls. Hope there aren’t any eunuchs in this film’s audience.
RECOMMENDATION
Wait for DVD
COMING SOON
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