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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 869
Released: November 24, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray |
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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 Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]:
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 Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
One of the stupidest movies ever. 
2009-12-01 - This movie belongs at dollar general. Horrible movie. Most of it is so stupid I kept thinking I cant believe I paid 15.99 for it. I love Adam but I will think twice before I buy his next movie after seeing this one.
Har Har ........not funny 
2009-11-30 - What we have here is a pretty good movie for what it is. But do we want to see
a unfunny Adam Sandlers, that what we get here. I think Adam might be going in
the right direction with more serious acting, but calling this movie Funny
people, you expect a movie to be more funny.
Seth Rogen is quite a character, him and his friends do add some character
to this movie. But by the end, it felt like i just finished a TV movie without the commercials....
So for what it is, its good, but not a keeper.
Good, good movie 
2009-11-30 - This is a very impressive movie, combining humor with a very realistic exploration of - yes - people. It is a very healing movie, which is appropriate to the plot but in a very unexpected way. Nicely done, well worth it.
Funny People... Smart Movie
2009-11-29 -
Funny People: 8 out of 10: What is amazing about Funny people is considering its set-up and storyline it manages to deftly dodge a veritable minefield of bathos laid out before it. The story is about comedian, who is super rich after a string of really bad comedies (Adam Sandler playing himself), finds he has version of leukemia and well is going to die soon. Therefore, he reflects back on his life makes amends and chases the girl that got away with the help of new assistant, a thin Seth Rogen.
Yes, it is what we hipsters would call Narm city. Yet this Judd Aptow directed flick is so self aware of the pitfalls that it not just avoids them for the most part but in a true stand up comic style calls them out. This is at its heart a very smart and aware film. What could have been Terms of Endearment with dick jokes turns into an occasionally funny and somewhat touching film. It is also a very real film about real people and I am going to repeat myself here but it is truly smart.
The only real downside I see is that I really do not see myself watching this film again anytime soon. It is a great ride but it never reaches that next level. The movie consists of some very funny bits, but do not come aboard expecting belly laughs. In addition, while I found myself enjoying the laid back pace at 153 minutes there is no question this feels more like a directors cut than a tightly paced theatrical release.
Warning: Not for Neanderthals
2009-11-29 - Aww, poor fans of The Waterboy and Little Nicky don't think Adam Sandler's new movie is funny. Wah.
This movie is not only one of the most hilarious I've seen in recent years but one of the most moving.
I love Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore too, but this is not like those movies. This movie mocks those movies. This is a meaningful work of art, not a passing fancy. These are well-drawn and well-acted characters -- Sandler's best performance ever, as it is for Seth Rogen and certainly Lisa Mann. I love Apatow's sillier comedies too (although most of his films do work on an emotional level), but this is a nuanced and beautiful masterwork. Like a song by Loudon Wainwright (whom Apatow cites as a major influence in the liner notes to the Knocked Up soundtrack), it makes you laugh, cry, and back again until your heart and stomach muscles are exhausted. It is also the most realistic depiction of the world of stand-up comics you are likely to see, and very revealing for that.
If you have a functioning heart and brain you will love this film, and perhaps pity those who do not.
