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Funny People
George (Adam Sandler), who is a monologue comedian, is a victim of the deadly blood cancer. Meanwhile, Ira is a different monologue comedian, who is not famous. One night, two of them perform on the same stage, then George hires Ira to work as an assistant as well as a friend of him.
27 July 1956, New York, USA
24 June 1975, Brooklyn, New York, USA
3 January 1973, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 October 1972, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
26 August 1950, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 February 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 October 1959, Québec City, Québec, Canada
15 April 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5 August 1960, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 March 1971, New Jersey, USA
26 March 1950, Gary, Indiana, USA
26 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 July 1969, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1 December 1970, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
12 March 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 July 1991, Denver, Colorado, USA
21 December 1957, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
March 22, 2011
For all its qualities Funny People never quite comes together. It can't quite decide who it wants to be about, whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama and in trying to be all things at once it never quite hits its full potential.
August 29, 2009
This is a generous, goodhearted, enjoyable movie, loaded with memorable characters and genuine wit. But there's such a thing as giving a little too much.
August 16, 2015
At over two hours, it moves at the dignified pace of a Bergman film rather than, well, a Happy Gilmore or a Waterboy, but the director can rest easy, it's another hit.
February 01, 2011
Apatow draws on his own experience to explore behavioral nuances of people that make us laugh, and it's no secret that being funny is not the same as being happy.
June 22, 2013
The unique hatred of yourself, and your audience, required of being a comedian is something that Apatow (and Sandler) understand profoundly: That's what this movie is about.
May 06, 2011
Funny People is funny, moving, dramatic, and alternately hilarious. It's a bit like a stand-up dramedy.
August 25, 2009
The good parts of this movie are often wonderful, but Apatow never finds the rhythm to keep it going. It lurches from inspiration to inspiration, but always manages to muddy its feet in mediocrity in between, as it drags on toward the two-and-a-half-hour
September 29, 2012
Why does Funny People often feel like a joke without a punchline?
August 03, 2009
It walks a perfectly fine line between being funny and tragic.
October 27, 2010
Funny People may be deeply flawed, but at least it has an accurate title.
August 20, 2009
Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) takes some interesting chances in this messy but engaging comedy, which suggests he may yet mature (no, seriously) into a filmmaker of substance.
