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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 3137
Released: November 24, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann star in this seriously funny film from writer-director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up). When famous comedian George Simmons (Sandler) is given a second chance at a new beginning, he and his assistant, a struggling comedian, Ira (Rogen), return to the places and people that matter most…including the stand-up spots that gave him his start and the girl that got away (Mann). Co-starring Jonah Hill, Eric Bana and Jason Schwartzman, it’s the film critics cheer is “uproariously funny!” (Sonny Bunch, The Washington Times)
Description of Funny People (2-Disc Unrated Edition):
Funny People pulls off quite a feat: it examines the sources of comedy and manages to be knockout funny. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a successful comedian of Adam Sandler proportions who is diagnosed with a fatal blood disease. Faced with impending death, he recognizes that he has no friends and decides to make a best friend out of an aspiring young comedian named Ira (Seth Rogen, Knocked Up). This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura (Leslie Mann, 17 Again). But forging real relationships conflicts with all the impulses that feed George’s comedy: can he truly re-create his life? Funny People has enough raw, no-inhibitions comedy to satisfy Sandler fans, but the core of the movie is far more complex and compelling--and significantly, Sandler rises to it. He, Rogen, and Mann all deliver superb performances, as does the supporting cast (including Jonah Hill, Superbad; Jason Schwartzman, Rushmore; and Eric Bana, Munich). Funny People fits into the ranks of such classics as Hannah and Her Sisters andTerms of Endearment: movies that blend sadness and joy into a vibrant picture of life. --Bret Fetzer
Funny People (2-Disc Unrated Edition) Reviews:
Highly underrated 
2009-12-27 - Great Film. Most of these other reviewers are drones. Everyone that actually knows what good film is should rate this movie 5 stars to cancel out the other reviewers, who were probably expecting a movie with one liners and gimmicks.
waste of time 
2009-12-27 - I must say I never liked Adam Sandler. There were so many more talented people who just never got a chance to be on the screen. I still don't get what's with Adam Sandler.
Besides that I decided to give it a shot. It took half hour when I stopped watching.
I've Never Hated an Adam Sandler Movie Until Now
2009-12-22 - After I had accepted the fact that this wasn't a comedy movie halfway through the movie, I kept asking myself, 'why do I still hate this movie?' Here's why:
Who is the protagonist? Adam Sandler? I'm so rich - waaaaah! I'm going to die - waaaaaah! Nobody loves me - double waaaaah! He isn't a very likable from the beginning of the movie or the end, or anywhere between that two-and-a-half hour window. Or is the protagonist Seth Rogen? He comes off as a sweet and sensitive character
If this wasn't a comedy movie, then what's the take home message? How someone would think and act differently facing their upcoming mortality? That concept has been beaten to death by books, Reader's Digest articles, bumper stickers (today is the first day of the rest of your life), and yes, other movies!!! If you are interested in more of this concept, I recommend The Bucket List, Running Out of Time, or Rudy for god's sakes!
Nobody learns anything. There was no character development from anybody. Adam Sandler's character learns something in the last 2 minutes of the movie, but his "revelation" was so blatant and unprofound that nobody cares, not even Adam Sandler and definitely not me.
I liked it 
2009-12-20 - A funny emotional bro-mance. I started getting lost somewhere in the middle mainly because I thought something different was about to happen but I liked how it ended.
profanity the movie!!! or profanity and the degenerates.!!!
2009-12-19 - i cannot believe that an intelligent actor like adam sandler would degrade himself by acting in a degenerate , trailer trash movie like this,but i guess money makes some people do things that are beneath them. this movie is as funny as a sewer, all it is comprised of is endless and pointless profanity,virtually ever second word. the writer who has very little ,if not any intelligents, has substituted profanity for lack of intelligent writing.is the endless profanity suppose to make the male lead charactors appear more manly?. yes it is true that quentin tarantino movies has there fair share of profanity. however his movies use of profanity is justified as it is incorporated with intelligent writing. if you have very little or no intelligents or are a degenerate and trailer trash this movie will appeal to you.
