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Judd Apatow wrote, directed and was a producer on the Universal comedy This Is 40, which is due out December 21. The restricted trailer officially confirms that Paul Rudd takes his pants off in another movie, extending an impressive streak (no puns intended).
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Love that Leslie Mann ! Movie looks like it is worth my 12 bucks.
Jon please give $10 to charity put that $10 to good use then spend $2.00 to see this when it’s in the Red Box at your local supermarket. Don’t spend $12 to see this. If you do you are only encouraging Judd and his ego is massive enough already.
This movie has all the ingredients to be as successful as Knocked Up, 40 Yr Old Virgin and Superbad, but I’m betting Apatow got final cut – and that is what ultimately will fail the piece. The movie won’t end. After he establishes plot points, he doesn’t move on. Worse, he revisits them. The story just doesn’t flow well and feels more like the holiday party cast & crew reel, extended addition. At some points you expect Apatow director commentary to voice over the background on why he just had to put in the extra scenes.
Revisited Plot Points
-Rudd’s business is failing, yeah got it.
-Rudd’s dad is cheap, yeah got it.
-Mann’s dad is vacant and absent, yeah got it.
-Jason Segel is touchy feely with Mann, yeah got it.
-The Lost references, got it.
-Inside jokes, got ‘em – well didn’t get ‘em, but heard ‘em.
-Mann and Judd fight, reconcile, fight, reconcile, etc. Gawd, got it!
I’m not a studio guy, but it seems like studio notes or an Apatow underling with balls could have stood up and fought to tighten the edit and made this a real movie, if not a home run, instead of the giant run-on sentence it became.
Upsides:
-Rudd’s starfish line is awesome.
-Scrabble escape in bathroom – bullseye!
-Melissa McCarthy will never fail.
Please offer a “Studio Cut” on the DVD, because I’d love to buy it and feel a ton better about the movie.
Judd Apatow is a mediocre talent at best & people are sick of Paul Rudd being in 80 percent of all comedies. Give someone else a chance you elitist, Hollywood asshole executives. UGG. You fuckers are non-intellectual, spineless sheep.
Yeah but aren’t these the two characters from Knocked up? It makes sense that the same actors would play them
I hope this movie is three hours long.
Fear not. It’s only 2hrs 15.
Nothing like success to make someone think their poop don’t stink and their work no longer needs editing.
I particularly enjoyed FUNNY PEOPLE where Judd thought “Well, I’ve got this thoughtful movie about a narcissistic douche bag dealing with cancer and no friends that’s clocked in at 90 minutes… why don’t I add on another 40 of the same douche bag trying to ruin someone else’s marriage!”
Cuz I don’t like comedy if it’s under 2 hours. Not at all. I mean, where can you fit all the laughs in under that time?
None of these funny scenes made it into the movie…
This looks a little too precious. Not impressed. Sad Albert Brooks isn’t in his own film.
30 percent of that trailer is not in the movie
Nary a chuckle to be had.
Requirements to enjoy this movie:
- must live in LA (this is most important)
- white people preferred
- “laugh at anything” sense of humor (there is little to laugh at)
- self absorbed person
- have kids and lots of money, but still not happy about life
- thinks “First World Problems” meme is sincere examination of modern life.
If this is you, you will love this movie.
Otherwise, you may laugh at how unrealistic and shallow these characters are.
For example, if you own a boutique clothing store and one day saw an employee on your security camera having sex on a store counter with your merchandise on it during store hours with some random guy and wouldn’t get angry about it, but instead just remark about how passionate said employee seems– this is the movie for you!
You soooo hit the nail on the head. This movie is ONLY for rich white people who live in LA. There’s very little relatable about it and it’s so specific, anyone who wanted to relate wouldn’t understand the reference. Even the kids are barely relatable to any other kids in this country as they are uber-bratty about the most materialistic things. This movie was just Urgh. I’m mad I spent over two hours watching it.
Yeah, but the campaign tells us THIS IS LIFE so… there… fixed it.
Saw the film. I am by no means the biggest Apatow fan, but i have enjoyed some of his work. This one is absolutely painful to watch. It’s incredibly self serving, and basically very relatable if you are in dealing with the hardships of 40′s….if you live in Brentwood and work in entertainment.
R (ed) Trailer ??? What for? WHAT????
This sucks big time, there are trailers and there are hacked up pieces of some really … a whatever I will not watch this one …(and I really enjoyed most of the other Apatow flicks….)
This movie is just awful.
Judging from these comments, maybe they shouldn’t have sent those screeners out so far in advance of the actual release.
Still hoping the screener wasn’t actually the final cut.
What a waste of Albert Brooks time.
I love how they’re worried about making their house payments while driving a lexus and bmw and throwing an expensive birthday party and they go to some spa. How about u sell one of your 60k cars and cancel the fucking party. Apatow is completely detached from the real world. Hard to care about characters who’s biggest issue is they have too many ipads
Remember Neil Simon and Marsha Mason? She starred in a series of his movies and little else. Tried repeatedly to score the Oscar, but never happened. Everyone resented her because Simon was just writing roles for her. I submit that Apatow/Mann is simply the 2012 version of Simon/Mason. Leslie Mann wouldn’t have these roles if she wasn’t married to Apatow. His 15 minutes are about up and when he goes, so does she. Leslie Mann would be smart to go out and get some roles on her own without depending on her husband. History is about to repeat itself.
Excellent analogy. Marsha was talented in her own right but she hitched her star to Neil and your analogy is right on the money. Good job.
Jesus, you people are haters. I live in suburban Australia and I can’t wait to see this movie. I have seen 3 different trailers and i have chuckled at each one. Sit down and actually try writing a funny movie and then you might appreciate movies a bit more. If you don’t like the movie , move on.
Saw it. Has a few funny moments and lines but don’t waste your time. Its definitely one of the worse edited movies I have seen in a long time, probably because there was 3 or 4 editors on the project. I was happy to see it for free but its laughable that they are out there for awards consideration. That is totally for Judd’s vanity and a total waste of money..
I have only seen the trailer and not the movie, but there seems to be an increasing trend in these sorts of movies to generate laughs from shock value. When did comedies run out of jokes? What I mean is, when you drop your pants, that’s funny, when you drop your underware too, you’ve run out jokes.