I saw it today and was disappointed. It *is* too long. I love going to the movies, but I felt my attention wandering and I was checking the time a lot during the last hour.
While this film looks hilarious and adorable and like I'd heartily enjoy it, I still feel sick every time I see it since I saw this special on making it, because by "funny people" they mean "funny men, with one token girl". The only other girl is, of course, the love interest. And naturally, she's not funny.
As someone who finds Adam Sandler films unbearably awful I thought he was perfect in Punch Drunk Love. Seeing a reviewer compare this performance favourably to that makes me more likely to go see Funny People.
@nessalicious: I like his other films, but agree about Punch Drunk Love and was going to comment on that. He is wonderful in that film and it doesn't shock me that he could do it again.
I can see why it's 2 1/2 hours. Between failed stand up, fighting over The Cable Guy and canceled show after canceled show, Judd Apatow has A LOT of stuff to work out.
Unfortunately, I think people who've just seen the commercials on TV might feel slighted because, as opposed to the more revelatory trailers in the movie theaters, the commercials don't hint at the darker or at least more dramatic side of the story. Personally, I can enjoy a movie that goes in an unexpected direction, but it can put others off.
@J.D.Regent: Yeah, I'm going to see it tomorrow. Comedy Central had a "making of" type special about the film, and apparently a lot of the material came from real life events that occurred when Apatow and Sandler were roommates. I'm too intrigued to stay away.
@AJ: The weirdest thing is that there's a whole Undeclared episode in which Seth Rogen's character embarrasses himself falling over Adam Sandler. What an odd full-circle.
Well, I guess J.Lo.Hew is officially out of the celebrity Lonely Hearts club that Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson totally created (in my head). On the upside, looks like LiLo is going to be joining their ranks soon, so that should be fun.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that there is no way that Blanket asked if his Daddy was away "on holiday". I'm going to instead guess he asked (if this piece is at all true anyway) if he was "away on vacation".
Does the Mirror really think its British readers won't get it if they use the actual quote of vacation instead of changing to "on holiday"?? I understand clarifying if it's a chips/crisps issue, but I'm going to guess that 99.9% of British people know what a vacation is.
On baby name websites "January" has recently shot up in popularity. Ms. Jones must be the reason, so she need not be too stressed by the porn-actress thing.
Jeffrey Donovan's lived in relative USA Network obscurity, and one of his first shots at national publicity is a drunk driving arrest? Where's Fiona and Sam - not to mention his mom - when you need them? I still love him, though!
@lauraholtsteele: Well, he WAS in Changeling and that was a real live movie with Angelina Jolie and he was in the previews for it. But yeah, when I try and think of him, my first reaction is "that astronaut guy from Monk!" and my second is "that sexy spy from that show I don't watch!"
Wait, why is Daniel Radcliffe billed as Harry Potter, but Emma Watson gets to be herself. The Telegraph does realize that Harry Potter is a fictional character, right?
Hey Tony Romo is it your birthday? Oh yeah, it wasn't. Don't be a birthday dick.
If it's your girlfriend's birthday and she wants you to dress up like Ken just do it, you wear tiny spandex pants for a living. Suck it up man.
Also breaking up with someone the day before their birthday is just not something you do. What's that about Tony Romo?
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@SleepoverParty: As, ahem, "cute" as her birthday theme may have been for his taste, it was her f'ing birthday and she had the right to do whatever the hell she wanted! Its one day Tony - get over it.
@SleepoverParty:Couldn't he have waited till after her birthday? Srsly. I had a boyfriend once that broke up with me ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. Way to start the new year. Would it have killed him to wait till Jan 2 or Jan 3?
During his prison sentence, Nelson Mandela received a Bachelors of Law degree through correspondence from the University of London. Lil' Kim, while in prison, watched Dancing with the Stars.
@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Lil' Kim and Mandella both have the same sign, Cancer. So, they must be similar. I find that every other Gemini I meet has the same background, interests and goals as I do. Don't we all?
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Does the Mirror really think its British readers won't get it if they use the actual quote of vacation instead of changing to "on holiday"?? I understand clarifying if it's a chips/crisps issue, but I'm going to guess that 99.9% of British people know what a vacation is.
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If it's your girlfriend's birthday and she wants you to dress up like Ken just do it, you wear tiny spandex pants for a living. Suck it up man.
Also breaking up with someone the day before their birthday is just not something you do. What's that about Tony Romo?
Tony Romo=Birthday dick
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Astrology can't be wrong. Never ever!