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Funny People (2009)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:17

Rotten:5

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Funny People features the requisite humor, as well as considerable emotional depth, resulting in Judd Apatow's most mature film to date.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for language and crude sexual humor throughout, and some sexuality.

Runtime: 4 hrs 59 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:28-08-2009

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... 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 third film behind the camera, he says, "I'm trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as funny as my other movies. Wish me luck!" Apatow directs Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in Funny People, the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.

Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third comedy together. --© Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana

Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Aziz Ansari

Director: Judd Apatow

Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Producer: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
Composer: Jason Schwartzman
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Stand-up saga has a foul mouth but brains and heart, too.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
11/23/09
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
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Proof positive that when bad things happen to funny people, they might not be all that funny anymore.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
11/21/09
Kam Williams
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11/19/09
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11/19/09
DVD Beaver

Not exactly a movie about dying of laughter but close to it, Apatow's pot luck mock morbid meditation on mortality, punchlines and male anatomy jokes, is strangely as much about the cutting off of life as castration anxiety issues.

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11/14/09
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