It saddens me that the advertising campaign behind this movie is pushing it as a "funny, new comedy-drama from Judd Apatow"...this movie is so far from funny.
"Funny People" is a serious look into what makes people happy and it is not always pretty. Adam Sandler plays washed up comedian, George Simmons, who is diagnosed with a deadly form of leukemia. He brings on the young comedian Ira Wright (Seth Rogan) to write jokes for him and be his personal assistant. Together they both realize that money and fame cannot bring you happiness, especially if you cannot forgive yourself for your past mistakes.
The films is definitely worth seeing, although it seems a little drawn out and long at some parts. Perhaps the length and the pace of the film allow it's message to settle over the audience: even funny people have problems.
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Hmm, a very different kind of review for this movie than anything else I've read - actually makes me want to go see it more.
Good call. It is hard for me to see any Adam Sandler film without noting a palpable sense of self-loathing. This film is distinct in that I got the impression that Adam is finally owning it. Perhaps his films are becoming therapeutic for him.
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