Storyline
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
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Jonah Hill, Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, Seth Rogen, Brad Grunberg, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Torsten Voges, Eminem, Sarah Silverman, Andy Dick, Ray Romano, Nicole Parker, Nydia McFadden, Allan Wasserman, Wayne Federman, James Taylor, Paul Reiser, George Wallace, Dave Attell, Rod Man, Monty Hoffman, Charles Fleischer, Budd Friedman, Carol Leifer, Mark Schiff, Jon Brion, James Gadson, Orny Adams, Jerry Minor, Al Lubel, Luis Conte, Russ Kunkel, Andrea Zonn, Jimmy Johnson, Maggie Siff, Nicol Paone, George Coe, Bryan Batt, Mike O'Connell, Phillip Andre Botello, Arshad Aslam, Bo Burnham, Miki Ishikawa, Kenny Copeland Jr., Calvin Sykes, Ca'Shawn Sims, Mandi Kreisher, Ernest Lee Thomas, Carla Gallo, Tonita Castro, Steve Bannos, Justin Long, Lucas Dick, Tyler Spindel, Elaine Kao, King Kedar, Tanya Acker, Jarrett Grode, Qiana Chase, John Hartmann, Dave Rath, Dan Harmon, Kyle Kinane, Mark Cohen, Joanie Marx, Adam J. Bernstein, Da'Vone McDonald, Eleanor Zee, Ben Meyerson, Sammy Jack, Brian Lally
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Reviews
88
The thing about Funny People is that it's a real movie. That means carefully written dialogue and carefully placed supporting performances -- and it's ABOUT SOMETHING.
80
The New Yorker
Apatow’s richest, most complicated movie yet--a summing up of his feelings about comedy and its relation to the rest of existence.
75
Miami Herald
The movie's power sneaks up on you, reminiscent of something screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond once famously described as "the Billy Wilder touch": A combination of the sweet and the sour, because even funny people, like you and I, aren't always being funny.
70
Apatow is on the right track. In moving his adolescent male comedies into more adult realms, the humor sharpens and characters deepen.
63
Premiere
The drama aspect is necessary to the story, but it just drags on too long.
