ingvildlunde-80447
I like the fact that Leslie plays the lead character instead of supporting, for a change. However i found the movie to be too long, especially considering the fact that there is not that great of plot. I can honestly say that i did not laugh one single time, and i love all comedies. The movie made me Wonder why they stayed together, because of the lack of chemestry between the characters as well as the actors. I didn't really root for any of the characters, and found many scenes confusing and boring.
I really wanted to like and enjoy this comedy, but i did not.
woodycantona
Like I said this isn't bad at all, great work from the Apatow family, and surely everyone loves a Paul Rudd film, "slappin' da bass......"
But you know what? Best performance was Albert Brooks as Rudd's Dad, gotta be honest, don't really know him but great in this. I'd say defo worth a watch, 8/10
mks2708
This is my kind of film. It won't be everyone's cup of tea. It is not silly like Knocked up or 40 year old virgin (both of which I love). It's more like a book than a movie. I can relate to it, I like the colour of the film, the house is gorgeous, the characters are like people I'd be friends with, they talk like me. They parent kind of like me and my husband too. It's just a nice, easy to watch movie that I can watch over and over. I like their world. A rollercoaster of laughs it is not but there are some great lines in there.
Python Hyena
This is 40 (2012): Dir: Judd Apatow / Cast: Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, Jason Segel: Disappointing comedy about the reality of middle age. It is said to be a "sort of" sequel to Knocked Up but after making three great comedies Judd Apatow seems at a loss here. The film has a concept but no story to back it. It stars Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd as a married couple with two daughters. They are both turning 40 this week and Mann is insecure about it. She works at a fashion store where she suspects that one of her two employees is stealing, and the revelation of this is one of the dumbest scenes in the film with its The Exorcist reference. Rudd runs a recording studio who are struggling to revive the career of Graham Parker. This all sounds fine but Apatow cannot seem to organize it. We have a hotel session involving marijuana cookies that is more embarrassing than funny. Apatow's daughters are in the film fighting and carrying on but their footage seems ill placed such as the parents having an argument and then having an unnecessary cut to the youngest playing a key board. Too many dreadful subplots of witch doctors and absent parents as well as a climax that only brings the relief of the film being over. Mann and Rudd are very good here and Alberts Brooks is funny as Rudd's leach of a father but there are too many characters and not enough patients for them all. Even Megan Fox appears only to have her breasts caressed. Jason Segel plays a fitness trainer who gets to shake his ass in Mann's face or caress her body. Strong message of mid life benefits within an Apatow misfire. Score: 5 ½ / 10
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