Product: Funny People
Rating: 5.0
A TRAVESTY the negative reviews this film gets
Though Adam Sandler stars in this film and this perhaps is his most-diversified role to date (this or 'Punch Drunk Love' take your pick), this is not really a 'Sandler film' but really an 'Apatow' one...and not in the exact variety of '40 Year Old Virgin' or 'Knocked Up' mind you. 'Funny People' is a (very) full-bodied (and smart) DRAMA first and foremost but without ever voiding the plot of Apatow, and Sandler's, comedic sensibilities which are still seen and felt throughout; still a FUNNY movie underneath it all. I call it Apatow's BEST film and it's quite a shame it actually LOST money at the box office! Perhaps it's the way the film was advertised or the expectations movie-goers had going into it; or maybe even the LENGTH of the film. To those who say it 'went on too long' SO don't appreciate the artistic statement at hand! The whole 'extended' sequence involving Sandler and Rogen's characters visiting the former's ex (Leslie Mann)/ staying in Marin County is what MAKES this film! A more-than-2-hour film is ONLY a 'bad idea' if it's a BAD or mediocre film. If you've only seen it once and weren't satisfied, do yourself a favor and see it at least a couple more times. Like 'Freaks and Geeks' ten years prior which gained much belated acclaim in all the years since it unjustly/criminally went off the air after only 18 episodes, this one shall become more and more appreciated in the years/decades to come as well.