In Funny People, Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a stand up comedian and actor who's forced to take stock of his life once he learns he has a terminal disease, only to find out soon after that he's in remission. Unfortunately, this is the weakest of the three Judd Apatow directed films. For me, it didn't have the great mixture of heart and laughs that make the other Apatow films so great. Funny People had its moments, but they were too few and far between. In addition to being (almost an hour?) too long, the film doesn't cover any new ground. How many times can the same group of actors have the same conversations about love and sex? It gets tiring - especially for Seth Rogen; although I will say that he was by far less annoying in this picture. I also thought that Eric Bana was wasted in his small role. He's a great comedian (no, seriously - YouTube it) and I wish they had given him something funny to do.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Relatively Amusing People
In Funny People, Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a stand up comedian and actor who's forced to take stock of his life once he learns he has a terminal disease, only to find out soon after that he's in remission. Unfortunately, this is the weakest of the three Judd Apatow directed films. For me, it didn't have the great mixture of heart and laughs that make the other Apatow films so great. Funny People had its moments, but they were too few and far between. In addition to being (almost an hour?) too long, the film doesn't cover any new ground. How many times can the same group of actors have the same conversations about love and sex? It gets tiring - especially for Seth Rogen; although I will say that he was by far less annoying in this picture. I also thought that Eric Bana was wasted in his small role. He's a great comedian (no, seriously - YouTube it) and I wish they had given him something funny to do.
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That's a very good summation of this film; especially in regard to its length. I can recall being nearly two hours into it and still wondering where some of the scenes from the trailer were going to appear. If you're going to make a 2:26 movie, it should be epic and sweeping and worth several hundred million. This one? Yeah, a bit self-serving and masturbatory on Apatow's part.
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