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Funny People (2009) 6.4
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6.4/10 from 98,379 users
Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 302 user | 229 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act. Director:Judd ApatowWriter:Judd Apatow |
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George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One night, these two perform at the same club and George takes notice of Ira. George hires Ira to be his semi-personal assistant as well as his friend. Written by Anonymous
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George Simmons was prepared to die, but then a funny thing happened.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language and crude sexual humor throughout, and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
31 July 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Untitled Judd Apatow/Adam Sandler Project See more »Filming Locations:
Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$22,657,780 (USA) (31 July 2009)Gross:
£3,427,741 (UK) (18 September 2009)Company Credits
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Daisy: Probably.
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George (Simmons) and Ira (Wright) are named after the composer/lyricist brothers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. See more »Goofs
When George and Eminem are talking at dinner, fluorescent film lights are reflected in Eminem's eyeglasses and both of their drinking glasses. See more »Quotes
Ira Wright: Would you fuck my roommate if he was James McAvoy or Jude Law?Daisy: Probably.
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These Are the Kodak MomentsWritten by Billy Alessi, Hal Friedman, Linda Kaplan Thaler, Joey Levine
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The movie feels a little long winded, running at nearly 2 and half hours, and the characters are sad, but interesting. Seeing Adam playing a shadow of himself is certainly a depressing site, and Rogen doing all he can for the man that he admires, since he was a kid, no less, is even better, proving that Rogen isn't a one trick pony, hopefully making this a bit more noticeable for his performance in The Green Hornet next year.
The movie also has some great performances from Jason Schwartzman as an actor starring in a horrible television sitcom and Jonah Hill as a competing comedy performer.
But there has to be a reason why this movie is ranked so low, and it could almost be said of the running time, but its coming right back to my first paragraph about ironic titles in movies. I suspected a laugh riot, and got mere chuckles. The stand up is hard to enjoy, being very oriented in genitalia humor and sex jokes doesn't make it really funny, just repetitive.
And I will be honest: I didn't pay attention to the title business and felt rather disappointed. This is a movie not sitting at the dinner table with all the Apatow produced movies of the last three or four years; like George, he's sitting at his own table, not quite like everyone else.
Perhaps now that I've seen the movie for what it truly is, a drama with some funny parts in it, I can now go back and see if maybe I can look at it any differently.