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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:19
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.1/10
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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The good parts of this movie are often wonderful, but Apatow never finds the rhythm to keep it going. It lurches from inspiration to inspiration, but always manages to muddy its feet in mediocrity in between, as it drags on toward the two-and-a-half-hour
Top CriticJudd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) takes some interesting chances in this messy but engaging comedy, which suggests he may yet mature (no, seriously) into a filmmaker of substance.
Top CriticIt walks a perfectly fine line between being funny and tragic.
Top CriticApatow has always found a balance of heart and humor in his best films, and Funny People is no exception.
Top CriticThe film comes dangerously close to stalling, however, once George and Ira visit George's ex, stuck in an untrustworthy marriage. By the time Ira implores 'Can we just go?' you feel the same way.
Top CriticIt's great that Apatow aimed for something more substantial than a disposable chucklefest. Too bad the film falls so short of the mark.
Top CriticIn going for a rethink of All That Jazz with comedy instead of Broadway, Judd Apatow's Funny People turns out to be one of the most absorbing films of the year.
Top CriticSandler and Rogen and the rest are left to wander aimlessly, with tedious comedy gigs, an even more tedious faux sitcom and relatively vapid relationships masquerading as a plot.
Top CriticThe funny thing is, though, that Funny People is, well, funny. It's also richly layered with complicated people and a mad collection of celebrity cameos from Eminem to Andy Dick.
Top CriticFunny People is an ambitious, misshapen picture that feels like two, maybe even three, separate movies uncomfortably jammed into one.
Top CriticIt's at once dark and sentimental, and (at 146 minutes) hugely indulgent.
Top Critichat this movie manages to be hilarious while honing in on the particulars that go into hilarity is a rare achievement. But then few films would dare look death right in the face and laugh aloud.
Top CriticFunny People is a true brass ring effort, a reach for excellence that takes big risks.
Top CriticApatow continues to celebrate comedy's traditions, raunchy and otherwise.
Top CriticIt's as if, halfway through, you went out for popcorn and mistakenly returned to an auditorium showing a different picture. And that second movie ends immolating itself.
Top CriticIt all feels so insular and elitist, it's hard to connect.
Top CriticPresented with an opportunity to make an honest dramatic statement about loneliness, fate and life choices, [Apatow] turns to penis jokes, stunt casting and white-picket platitudes.
Top CriticFunny People nimbly intersperses humor and reflection. It is a rumination on mortality, fame and life choices, punctuated with Apatow's trademark raunchy humor.
Top CriticThe movie...feels like the work of an artist in transition, an attempt by Apatow to see how far he can push his foul-mouthed bromances toward earnest drama before finally having to let go of the dick jokes.
Top CriticThere’s something irritatingly self-satisfied about Funny People, which explains why, though it glances on the perils of fame, it mostly affirms its pleasures.
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