Movie title is very appropriate because you have some of the funniest people in Hollywood today such as Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, and many hilarious celebrity cameos. HOWEVER, compared to other Judd Apatow classics, this movie pales in comparison. And the hype surrounding this movie made it seem better than it actually was.
Judd Apatow is becoming that director that audiences seem can do no wrong and every movie composed by him will be a hilarious epic after the other. Those were the cases in the 40-year old virgin and Knocked Up but Funny People has its flaws. From the first opening minutes of the movie you can definitely see the tone of this movie is much much different than Apatow's previous films. That might have been the biggest problem this movie had with me because it seemed Judd tried to create a different mood to sway a different target audience instead of keeping to his roots that made his previous movies so enjoyable. Allow me to explain this synopsis.
The movie is about an aging comedian George Simmons who is diagnosed with a disease that is life-threatening. The plot itself makes you think differently of Apatow because the sadness and depression this movie brings at moments is definitely different than any of his other films. Seth Rogen comes in as a small time stand up comedian hired to write jokes for Simmons and in my opinion any movie Seth Rogen is in will definitely give it a plus for me. He is IMHO the funniest guy in Hollywood as of right now.
The jokes in Funny People were very creative and had me laughing hard at moments so lets not think too negatively of this film. The funniest part of this movie to me were the many and i mean MANY hilarious celebrity cameos(Eminem being my favorite) but I mean you had star names like Sarah Silverman, Ray Ramano and even James Taylor having hilarious moments. Leslie Mann, being in every Judd Apatow movie, proves yet again she can be one of the funniest women in Hollywood and this movie brought out a side of Eric Bana no one thought was possible. Smaller roles like Jonah Hill and Jason Schartzman play their role very well and add a great deal of humor to this film.
While i enjoyed this movie more than I didn't it did have many flaws that I could point out but biggest one to me was the length in it being 2 and a half hours long. This flaw was probably the biggest reason this movie was not successful at the box office because audiences aren't going to see a 2 and a half movie a second time. While not being the best Judd Apatow film to date, you have to still give credit to him for still compiling a great cast and still delivering many memorable jokes. A movie you have to see at least once.
Judd Apatow is becoming that director that audiences seem can do no wrong and every movie composed by him will be a hilarious epic after the other. Those were the cases in the 40-year old virgin and Knocked Up but Funny People has its flaws. From the first opening minutes of the movie you can definitely see the tone of this movie is much much different than Apatow's previous films. That might have been the biggest problem this movie had with me because it seemed Judd tried to create a different mood to sway a different target audience instead of keeping to his roots that made his previous movies so enjoyable. Allow me to explain this synopsis.
The movie is about an aging comedian George Simmons who is diagnosed with a disease that is life-threatening. The plot itself makes you think differently of Apatow because the sadness and depression this movie brings at moments is definitely different than any of his other films. Seth Rogen comes in as a small time stand up comedian hired to write jokes for Simmons and in my opinion any movie Seth Rogen is in will definitely give it a plus for me. He is IMHO the funniest guy in Hollywood as of right now.
The jokes in Funny People were very creative and had me laughing hard at moments so lets not think too negatively of this film. The funniest part of this movie to me were the many and i mean MANY hilarious celebrity cameos(Eminem being my favorite) but I mean you had star names like Sarah Silverman, Ray Ramano and even James Taylor having hilarious moments. Leslie Mann, being in every Judd Apatow movie, proves yet again she can be one of the funniest women in Hollywood and this movie brought out a side of Eric Bana no one thought was possible. Smaller roles like Jonah Hill and Jason Schartzman play their role very well and add a great deal of humor to this film.
While i enjoyed this movie more than I didn't it did have many flaws that I could point out but biggest one to me was the length in it being 2 and a half hours long. This flaw was probably the biggest reason this movie was not successful at the box office because audiences aren't going to see a 2 and a half movie a second time. While not being the best Judd Apatow film to date, you have to still give credit to him for still compiling a great cast and still delivering many memorable jokes. A movie you have to see at least once.