Not your typical Apatow production

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2008)

As a big fan of Judd Apatow, I went to this movie with sky-high expectations, especially with Seth Rogen as a writer coming off the incredible success of Superbad. I can't say I was totally pleased with the film, but it did have many laugh out loud moments. The dialogue is very much geared toward stoners, although it retains the sense of humor we've seen from Apatow in the past. There are plenty of intense action scenes, and overall I'd say it is totally geared toward men. However, girls will still attend just to get a glimpse of James Franco(as I found out personally.) Franco plays a more extreme version of his character in "Freaks and Geeks," and hits it right on the head as Saul. I like him better in comedies than in dramas. Rogen's character is similar to those he has played in other movies, the dialogue is just a bit different. I personally thought Danny McBride was good as Red, and many others have small roles that help bring this comedy to another level. Apatow's productions have recently been all about sex, until this film came out and showed us a new side of his comedies. I think this will hit with stoners more than it will with the regular Apatow fans, probably because more of them are having sex and can relate than are smoking weed. It did not quite live up to its gigantic expectations, but a good movie nonetheless.