Product: Funny People
Rating: 4.0
Oh 3.5 to 4 stars.
Funny people is not for everyone. It's the story of a friendship between a hugely successful comic that hates what he has become and the bright eyed and bushytailed novice comic that he hires as an assistant. I liked the leisurely pace and low key nature of it. It was sort of a comedy that didn't have any big laughs to it but left me with a sort of pleasant introspection. It was a good story and wasn't as crude as these movies often are. Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill all did fine jobs as did the all the actors playing Adam Sandler's ex girl friend and the rest of her family. Very touching in parts. If this film was to be graded - I'd give it a solid B. On the other hand - many of my friends and acquaintences would hate it. Their loss.