Funny People (2009)

It's taken me all weekend to watch this movie - one, because it's almost 2.5 hours long, and two, because this has been one crazybusy weekend.

Funny People is a Judd Apatow film, so you are going to see some standards (Leslie Mann, his real life wife; Seth Rogen, etc.), but this is different than some of the more recent movies he's mad. Funny People isn't really that funny. It's kind of sad, actually.

George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a well-known comic who is sick. He pretty much has no one in his life, so he hires up and coming comic Ira (Seth Rogen) to be his assistant, his opening act, and to write for him. They travel and they work together, building a friendship while Ira encourages him to let others know he is sick. He tells the girl who got away, Laura (Leslie Mann), who now is back in his life even though she is married to Aussie Clarke (Eric Bana - hottie!!) and has two kids.

To tell more would give away some of the plot, but one of the funniest scenes is in a bar where George and Ira talk to Norm MacDonald, Sarah Silverman, Eminem, and Ray Romano. Eminem gets mad at Ray Romano and they have an exchange that's pretty funny.

Does George live or die? Do George and Laura get together? What happens to Ira's career... you'll have to save a chunk of your life and watch to find out.

Mo's Review:
Funny People (2009): 3 out of 5 stars