Image courtesy of Universal Pictures via movieweb.comIt'll be interesting to see how Judd Apatow's Funny People -- his follow up to the universally loved Knocked Up -- will fare at the box office. Because word of mouth may get out pretty quickly that:
a) Despite all the dick jokes (and there are MANY) and the title, Funny People actually gets pretty serious.
b) It's not your typical "Adam Sandler" movie, i.e. he gets to do a little more than flail around speaking in his famous Sandler jibberish speak.
c) The thing runs almost two-and-half-hours.
None of these are bad things (well, in regards to concern c), the film probably could've lost a few minutes) and on a whole, I was pretty impressed. It's a big leap forward for Apatow, even if the film can't go laugh-for-laugh with Knocked Up.
I have more opinions on this, so to catch my Funny People review in full, head over to Suite101.com
a) Despite all the dick jokes (and there are MANY) and the title, Funny People actually gets pretty serious.
b) It's not your typical "Adam Sandler" movie, i.e. he gets to do a little more than flail around speaking in his famous Sandler jibberish speak.
c) The thing runs almost two-and-half-hours.
None of these are bad things (well, in regards to concern c), the film probably could've lost a few minutes) and on a whole, I was pretty impressed. It's a big leap forward for Apatow, even if the film can't go laugh-for-laugh with Knocked Up.
I have more opinions on this, so to catch my Funny People review in full, head over to Suite101.com
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