Trainwreck is one of those winning cases of an original movie being a success from this summer. Director Judd Apatow makes Amy Schumer (also the writer) a star with just one movie. It reverses the roles of a romantic comedy, and in this case the woman here is the one who "sleeps around" a lot, then meets the man who clicks with her and then the tropes ensue. What makes it all work is that Apatow, Schumer (who also writes the script) and Hader and Quinn et al *commit* to it and the acting is really terrific across the board.
And it is FUNNY throughout, very funny, all about behavior and not even innuendo, just coming out and saying things. It has people you also wouldn't usually expect in a movie like this, people like John Cena and even more surprisingly basketball star Lebron James, and, no kidding 100 year old Norman Llloyd.
I recommend it, except for one caveat: it's too long. Apatow needs an editor to tell him no, but he won't listen since he doesn't have to. Thus we get a very good movie in the style of his influences, James L Brooks and John Cassavetes once again. Though with Schumer in the lead, it's crass in the best ways and likable too.
And it is FUNNY throughout, very funny, all about behavior and not even innuendo, just coming out and saying things. It has people you also wouldn't usually expect in a movie like this, people like John Cena and even more surprisingly basketball star Lebron James, and, no kidding 100 year old Norman Llloyd.
I recommend it, except for one caveat: it's too long. Apatow needs an editor to tell him no, but he won't listen since he doesn't have to. Thus we get a very good movie in the style of his influences, James L Brooks and John Cassavetes once again. Though with Schumer in the lead, it's crass in the best ways and likable too.