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Funny People
In order to spend the rest of his life in doing good, a well-known comedian named George, who suffers from a fatal disease that has not cure and makes his life in danger, so he tries to make friends, by helping people who need his help, as he helps the upcoming comedian Ira, who needs help.
15 December 1997
1 September 1948, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
21 August 1990, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
5 August 1960, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 July 1969, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
6 November 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 April 1954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
21 July 1952, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
29 July 1991, Denver, Colorado, USA
27 August 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
20 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 March 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
September 29, 2012
Why does Funny People often feel like a joke without a punchline?
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.
August 03, 2009
It walks a perfectly fine line between being funny and tragic.
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.
October 27, 2010
Funny People may be deeply flawed, but at least it has an accurate title.
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.
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 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.
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
May 06, 2011
Funny People is funny, moving, dramatic, and alternately hilarious. It's a bit like a stand-up dramedy.
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.