Funny People

The film is touching, hilarious, and truly one of the very best films of the year.....anyone hoping for MORE will find just a handful of new laughs instead of a richer, heartier film.....cutting juvenile remarks seeming to come from a real place rather than some fantasy land in which all the characters are naturally funny.....As a director he is able to get some really great, funny performances out of his cast --.... ... Full Review

the best punch lines are the ones that linger long after they've been delivered....if Apatow and Sandler hadn't satirized their "high" concepts already..... ... Full Review

Apatow has abandoned the desire to have fun with him.....Yet the film has a beguiling candour and reflectiveness which is new for Apatow and Sandler.....In compensation, the script includes one of those as well.....indulges in yet another evening of self-absorption, wallowing in old videos of his most fondly remembered screen performances..... ... Full Review

In compensation, the script includes one of those as well.....Yet the film has a beguiling candour and reflectiveness which is new for Apatow and Sandler..... ... Full Review

which is Funny People's greatest strength.....On one level a warning about the dangers of egotism, the film is also an admiring portrait of the artist as Californian solipsist -....As the Australian husband of George's former girlfriend (Leslie Mann), Eric Bana gives his liveliest performance in ages -....the actors have clearly been encouraged to improvise..... ... Full Review

he loved comedy.....he genuinely likes the MySpace people, or worse, James Taylor:....Yet the surprise is just how positive about humour Apatow finally manages to be:....Barring one serious transgression, which Apatow never follows through dramatically, Ira is the film's righteous man, maintaining his sanity....his insight here is less about comedy than about adult life as a succession of equivocations and betrayals..... ... Full Review

Funny People is genuinely funny at times, predictably foul-mouthed, touching and surprisingly frank in its approach to death, love and loyalty.....In this maudlin, meandering comedy drama Sandler plays George Simmons, a famous stand-up comedian and successful movie star..... ... Full Review

Aside from being long-winded, the action is contrived;....Again, Apatow plays it for laughs in a memorable lunch scene where George bullies Ira into fighting back the tears..... ... Full Review

The film has some obvious problems -.... ... Full Review

It's a hundred thousand times better than any Sandler comedy of the past decade, and an entertaining tale from an adept filmmaker.....George (Sandler) is a top standup comedian-turned-star of low brow comedies.....and an engaging story despite the gargantuan running time.....A big standout is Jason Schwartzman, smarmy and hilarious as Ira's irritatingly successful roommate, and Eric Bana as Laura's husband..... ... Full Review