Funny People
Please pass the crack, these people aren’t funny!
Storyline
When seasoned comedian, George Simmons (Adam Sandler) learns of his terminal health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a not-so-funny performer under his wing. But he ends up learning some things about life from his new hatchling.
Cast
Judd Apatow, thinking out load: “Gee, I want to make another movie, but keep the money within my family… **tapping fingers** I GOT IT! I’ll cast my whole family in a movie! My wife – everyone loves her. My daughters – they’re so cute folks will just want to eat ‘em up – and MYSELF—wait. That’ll mean I’ll have to trim my beard, maybe shave it off—Oh, hell no. Not in this lifetime. But wait, I’ll be the writer AND director! Yeah, baby! Me and a sack-o-cash just L O V E this plan!
That’s exactly what happened with this slow motion train wreck. I’m not a huge fan of Adam Sandler to begin with, but Seth Rogen, Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill, I am. “Hats off” to Leslie Mann and Eric Bana for an outstanding performance. Seth and Adam deserve a “hats off” as well for playing two different characters – of which I have yet to see either or them pull off and they did it well.
The cast was okay; pretty powerful ensemble for such a weak script…
The Good, Bad and Indifferent
Just a non-compelling story. The character arc for Adam’s character should have been more powerful. I really felt somewhere between a could-of-been good indie and mainstream commercial film; not enough in either direction which made me feel lost at the end. I was disgusted to learn the budget was $70M !!! Give me a break. All that money was spent on the cast and director and the script most likely sucked because these folks can act. In my opinion, the only funny thing about this film was the lumpy character Seth played and Jonah’s rants and penis jokes which made him famous in Superbad, but is now becoming old . . . like him.
The Bottomline
This is a netflaxseed film. Watch it at home. Save your gas. No one likes you farting in the theater anyways . . . yeah, I am looking at you Teddy Blair.
Storyline: When seasoned comedian, George Simmons (Adam Sandler) learns of his terminal health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a not-of-funny performer under his wing. What really happens is, he’ll be really under his wing with learning a thing or two about life.
Cast: Judd Apatow thinking out load: “Gee, I want to make another movie, but keep the money within my family… **tapping fingers** I GOT IT! I’ll cast my whole family in a movie! My wife – everyone loves her. My daughters – they’re so cute folks will just want to eat ‘em – and MYSELF—wait. That’ll mean I’ll have to trim my beard, maybe shave it off—Oh, hell no. Not in this lifetime. But wait, I’ll be the writer AND director! Yeah, baby! Me and sack just L O V E this plan !
That’s exactly what happened with this slow motion train wreck. I’m not a huge fan of Adam Sandler to begin with, but Seth Rogen, Jason Schwartzman and Johan Hill, I am. “Hats off” to Leslie Mann and Eric Bana for an outstanding performance. Seth and Adam deserve a “hats off” as well too for playing two different characters of which I have yet to see either or them play and they did it well.
The cast was okay; pretty powerful ensemble for the weak script…
The Good, Bad and Indifferent: Just a non-compelling story. The character arc for Adam’s character should have been more. I really felt somewhere between a could-of-been good indie and mainstream commercial film; not enough in either direction which made me feel lost at the end. I was disgusted to learn the budget was $70M !!! Give me a break. All that money was spent on the cast and director and the script most likely sucked because these folks can act. In my opinion, the only funny thing about this film was the lumpy character Seth played and Johan’s rants and penis jokes which made him famous in Superbad, but is now becoming old…
The Bottomline: This is a netflaxseed one. Watch it at home. Save your gas. No one like you farting in the theater anyways…
