There is a lot to take back from this movie. The movie is something that people can relate to which makes it funny in a realistic way. The movie could have been a bit shorter, else it is entertaining movie. The best of the movie was chemistry between Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. A recommended movie.

well we understand judd apatow isn't paul thomas anderson

While too long, this is a hilarious and poignant third feature from Judd Apatow that offers Adam Sandler in possibly his best performance.

A serious let down. Some of the jokes they use in their stand-up routine are ok, but if this is a comedy based only on that, this movie fails seriously as every other scene is just awkward and embarrassing.

The first half of Funny People is a suitable companion piece to Punch-Drunk Love or this year's Observe and Report -- films in which sociopathic comedic personas were mined for a queasy pathos rather than puerile laughs -- but the latter half is a messy ode to family that lets its antihero off the hook. Apatow's penchant for dick jokes has always served to cloud his essential conservatism, but his veneration for the nuclear family here is a throwback to the '50s.

A movie about someone changing their ways in the face of death has been done...er...to death, but Apatow avoids the usual cliches, presenting us with the disease from the get go, and eschewing a lot of the sentimentality.

It's always nice to see Adam Sandler not in an Adam Sandler film but I just didn't see the brilliance in this film that some many people seem to have.

Great story that went about 30 minutes too long.

A couple of the best performances I've seen out of Rogen and especially Sandler, this movie is at times extremely funny and extremely depressing, sort of like how Click turned out (the references to Click will never stop due to Sandler). Really needed to be trimmed down because the movie feels way too long but it is still one of the best comedies I've seen this year.

There were some length issues, but i enjoyed Sandler and Rogen more in this than i usually do. It was quite good with a decent amount of laughs.

Insightful, thoughtful and introspective, but not actually that funny.

Easily Apatow's best work, this is his first truly Great film. While it is a long, sprawling movie, it is so rich with character detail I don't think there's much that could be cut without hurting the story. The acting is exceptional from everyone, and while I had my doubts about Mann (wife-casting rarely works), she really delivers. The movie often flirts with cliche, but resolves itself in natural, realistic ways. It's awkward and messy, but so is life. A very personal film for me. I loved it.

a lot better than its critical reception. i enjoyed it more than the other apatow stuff.

this is what happens when a creative mind is given too much control. apatow has run amuck here. funny people is ocassionally funny; honestly dramatic and in the rarest of times, genuinely sad. but it has everything. the film literally makes you think nothing has been left on the cutting room floor, and the end result is a mess. this is the icarus of apatow's career, it tried to just a tad too much. questioning the necessity of producers anymore, anyone?

At first I thought I really liked it, but slowly liking it less and less. Some editing down needed, but if you took out all the filler you'd be left with a 3rd rate bromance, and a 7th rate romance. I feel tricked as I genuinely enjoyed seeing it, but I can't rate it too high because it is cliched, and probably cannot hold up over multiple viewings.

I for one actually liked this one. I liked Sandler as a depressed sell out and I liked Rogen as the young hungry comedian. It definitely wanders sometimes, particularly with a romance storyline that wasn't really needed (although it did get Bana being ridiculous).

After a second viewing I couldn't even make it through the whole movie. Score 66 --> Score 50

Some of these actors are in over their head dramatically and the acoustic soundtrack got real annoying, but the strong comedic elements and Norm MacDonald's 5 second cameo make it pleasant enough. and when people say that it's 45 minutes too long, what they really mean is that it's 45 minutes longer than they're used to this type of movie being. Apatow definitely had 2 and a half hours of worth of material here. No scene feels tacked on.

Not really that funny. Probably should have been called "Dramatic People who are Minimally Funny".

The most artistically ambitious of Judd Apatow's films and the one that falls furthest from achieving its goals.

It starts off really well and has some nice ideas, but in the end you're left wanting. It doesn't amount to as much as it could have. Instead of going all out with the (initially well done) drama, it settles for easy laughs - and barely succeeds at that. Bana was deliciously over-the-top. Sandler should stay away from serious roles.

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Seth Rogen and the rest of the Apatow crew present here is funny (as far as juvenile dick jokes go, anyway), and as the criticker user theficionado aptly puts it, "The first half of Funny People is a suitable companion piece to Punch-Drunk Love or [...] Observe and Report -- films in which sociopathic comedic personas were mined for a queasy pathos rather than puerile laughs -- but the latter half is a messy ode to family that lets its antihero off the hook." Lame melodrama botches this.

A thoroughly disappointing affair.

Not much wrong with this film, Sandler in the role of a lifetime and the supporting cast shone in their respective performances. The third act was disappointing, could've used some polishing. Few directors these days can follow a straight path and not fuck it up along the way (Scorsese, Coen Brothers, Tarantino and PTA come to mind). It's still enjoyable, but not as much as Apatow's previous entries. Do you enjoy anything other than sex related jokes, I mean grow up America !