... a character drama in the guise of a show-biz comedy.
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12/06/09
Funny People (2009)
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Reviews Counted:210
Fresh:143
Rotten:67
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Funny People features the requisite humor, as well as considerable emotional depth, resulting in Judd Apatow's most mature film to date.
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $51,814,190
Synopsis: Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) has shown that nothing?not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth?is sacred. About his... [More]
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Reviews for Funny People
If this movie were to be believed, I would conclude that the last people I'd ever want to hang out with are comedians.
11/30/09
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10/13/09
It's interesting stuff, I feel myself wanting to like it more than I did. Judd Apatow has a lot to say, he just hasn't mastered the tools to say it well.
09/11/09
The film is also an admiring portrait of the artist as Californian solipsist -- unburdened by personal ties or even the need to seem intelligent, free to follow his own random, petty, moment-by-moment train of thought.
09/11/09
Funny People has some very funny moments but don't expect a joke fest. And don't expect a tight film either. At two and a half hours, it is not one but two films... and at least one of them shouldn't have been made.
09/10/09
It's a good deal more interesting than your average mainstream comedy.
09/09/09
While you believe a lot of what happens in the first part of the film, credibility lessens in the second.
09/09/09
Despite its flaws, this film has a beguiling candour and reflectiveness which is new for Apatow and Sandler.
09/09/09
Funny People would have been funnier and more meaningful with fewer offensive jokes and more self-control from the undeniably talented Apatow.
09/09/09
Comedy king Judd Apatow delivers another hit with this hilarious personal story that also deals with the big issues in a touching way.
09/08/09
While not Judd Apatow's finest hour, Funny People still strikes the same rich vein of well-produced drama-comedy as previous efforts.
09/08/09
A boisterous first hour builds good will. Strong performances sustain us through the next uneven 90 minutes.
09/06/09
A surfeit of the kind of crude, sexually graphic jokes that work in a darkly lit stand up comedy stores and Adam Sandler's unremittingly morose George drag the film down
09/04/09
A slice of life from a pie whose ingredients comprise the eccentricities, foibles, egos and motivations of jaded man who has forgotten why he does what he does. There are some great moments but plenty of self indulgence by Apatow as the film drags
09/04/09
It should probably have been apparent to Apatow, well versed in the structure of comedy on film, that it was far too long.
09/01/09
The first part of the film is terrific and very funny. Apatow perfectly captures the ruthless competitiveness of young comics.
09/01/09
The film is drawn out, its mixture of coarse comedy and deep seriousness about the theory and practice of comedy both embarrassing and self-indulgent.
09/01/09
A relatively sophisticated comedy - despite the male insecurity fixations - and one that rings true on the oddballs paid to make us laugh.
08/31/09
Apatow marries his edgier, raunchier humor with some more serious, thoughtful ideas and a gentler touch.
08/31/09
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