Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Eric Bana & Jason Schwartzman
Directed by Judd Apatow
DO NOT let the title of this movie fool you. It has funny people in it, but thats about all you're gonna get. The running time for this movie did not help considering how slllllloooooooowwwwwww paced and emo it was.
Our story involves a big movie star named George Simmons. We learn that George (Sandler) has a rare disease and can't be cured with anyhting but experimental medication from Canada. Now enter Ira Wright. Ira (Rogen) is a struggling Improv comedian who works in a Deli and sleeps on his roommates couch.
One night during a show George shows up to do some improv and totally bombs. Ira follows up George's act and lights up George with some decent insults. After hearing this, and having a small run in with Ira, George asks Ira to write jokes for him. After some terrible scenes that just seemed to drag on, and on we learn that George might be cured of his disease. Get this folks....this all happens with over an hour of the film left.
To me this is one main problem with the movie. It never really got going and just limped along with limited reults. You never get to see the full potential of ANY OF THE CAST MEMBERS!!!!! For fucks sake it's got Jonah Hill, and Seth Rogen in it! Neither of the 2 seemed happy with the role, and never got to show how good they are. There are a couple of scenes with some decent one liners and good slams, but that gets put into the back seat for George's ongoing drama.
I really had expected more. You got a solid stable full of FUNNY PEOPLE, but it turns out to be a fucking Dramedy. No hardcore laughs, dragging plot line, and a fucking lame Trip to Northern California ruined this movie for me. I would say to Mr. Apatow that he needs to ditch the drama bullshit and stick to comedy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201167/
Overall rating ( * * )
-Mr. What?-
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