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Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: A comedy about everything: life, death, love, friendship, ambition and success and the shady areas around them that you mistake for the real thing. Read more
Ben Lyons, At the Movies: Apatow has always found a balance of heart and humor in his best films, and Funny People is no exception. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The film comes dangerously close to stalling, however, once George and Ira visit George's ex, stuck in an untrustworthy marriage. By the time Ira implores 'Can we just go?' you feel the same way. Read more
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: Funny People isn't exactly a chore to sit through, but it's awfully slack and self-indulgent. Read more
James Rocchi, MSN Movies: ""Funny People," may not be Apatow's funniest movie; however, and more interestingly, it is his best film, deep and rich and unexpectedly honest while still being remarkably funny." Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Funny People feels insular, as if Apatow's whole world consists of nerdy jokesters who were angry, lonely kids who got rich beyond their dreams... but are deep down still angry. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: The denizens of Judd Apatow's Funny People have been pulled every which way to fit a misshapen concept, yet they remain painfully unfunny, and consistently off-putting. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Considering all the funny people who contributed to the creative mix of Funny People, it's a crying shame this good-hearted comedy doesn't deliver more genuine laughs. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: It's refreshingly unformulaic, but a rambling mess. It's also tremendously funny. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: What's good about Funny People is really good, and that starts with Sandler, who's outstanding. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The problem is that Apatow is stuck between gears. (That, and there's probably no one around him to say no at this point.) Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Sandler and Rogen and the rest are left to wander aimlessly, with tedious comedy gigs, an even more tedious faux sitcom and relatively vapid relationships masquerading as a plot. Read more
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: It's a testament to Sandler's performance that he not once milks George's life-at-the-top malaise for easy sentimentality. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Apatow continues to celebrate comedy's traditions, raunchy and otherwise. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Hat this movie manages to be hilarious while honing in on the particulars that go into hilarity is a rare achievement. But then few films would dare look death right in the face and laugh aloud. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: In his long, sobering story without a punchline, Judd Apatow confounds three crowds: traditional Sandler fans expecting goofy sweetness, Virgin/Knocked Up boosters hoping for raunchy fun, and connoisseurs of movies that know how to kill. Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: 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 Read more
Laremy Legel, Film.com: Funny People is funny, moving, dramatic, and alternately hilarious. It's a bit like a stand-up dramedy. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: This is Apatow's emotionally darkest, least-genial film, and an exceptionally good and subtle Sandler embraces the duality of his character, a man beloved by the world who secretly hates everyone. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Funny People veers wildly in tone and style, with jarring cameos (Ray Romano, Eminem) and a third act that mimics one of John Cassavetes' improvised experiments. Apatow may deserve to be taken seriously, but for now he's still kidding around. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: Funny People is leisurely, with many extended sequences, but the performers' natural command of rhythm holds it in tension. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The funny thing is, though, that Funny People is, well, funny. It's also richly layered with complicated people and a mad collection of celebrity cameos from Eminem to Andy Dick. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: The funny business is lame in Funny People, and the people feel phony. So what's left in this dramedy about a comic's near-tragedy? Well, how do bad standup and schmaltzy emotions sound? Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: In going for a rethink of All That Jazz with comedy instead of Broadway, Judd Apatow's Funny People turns out to be one of the most absorbing films of the year. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: If you object to public offenses of decency, smut that reduces the oxygen in the brain or just plain lousy, amateurish filmmaking, it's easy enough to avoid Funny People like the swine flu. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Funny People isn't a bad movie, it's an indifferent one. No funny person wants to hear that. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Funny People turns out to be fairly predictable, and not so rough. In a thoroughly satisfying way. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's refreshing to see Apatow branching out and trying something off the beaten path but, in this case, his sense of ambition may have caused him to lose his way. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Nearly as long as the theatrical cut of "Apocalypse Now," but definitely funnier. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It could have easily been a formula film, and the trailer shamelessly tries to misrepresent it as one, but George Simmons learns and changes during his ordeal, and we empathize. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Apatow scores by crafting the film equivalent of a stand-up routine that encompasses the joy, pain, anger, loneliness and aching doubt that go into making an audience laugh. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Funny People is an ambitious, misshapen picture that feels like two, maybe even three, separate movies uncomfortably jammed into one. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Funny People is a true brass ring effort, a reach for excellence that takes big risks. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Judd Apatow may be the first filmmaker to jeopardize his career through excessive niceness. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's great that Apatow aimed for something more substantial than a disposable chucklefest. Too bad the film falls so short of the mark. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The collaborative effort is overlong and wrongheaded in some of its sympathies, but it's one of the shrewdest show-business comedies in years. Read more
Michael Posner, Globe and Mail: It's at once dark and sentimental, and (at 146 minutes) hugely indulgent. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Presented with an opportunity to make an honest dramatic statement about loneliness, fate and life choices, [Apatow] turns to penis jokes, stunt casting and white-picket platitudes. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: It's as if, halfway through, you went out for popcorn and mistakenly returned to an auditorium showing a different picture. And that second movie ends immolating itself. Read more
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: 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. Read more
Christopher Orr, The New Republic: The movie...feels like the work of an artist in transition, an attempt by Apatow to see how far he can push his foul-mouthed bromances toward earnest drama before finally having to let go of the dick jokes. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Funny People nimbly intersperses humor and reflection. It is a rumination on mortality, fame and life choices, punctuated with Apatow's trademark raunchy humor. Read more
Scott Foundas, Village Voice: There's so much that's so disarmingly good and sharp about Funny People that you wish the whole movie weren't so much of a shambles. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: It's that rare mainstream Hollywood movie that feels genuinely spontaneous, unafraid to keep the audience just a little bit confounded and off-balance. Read more