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By Tom Howard (10) for FHM [UK] (16) on 28 Aug 2009

It's very funny. And it's awesome to see Apatow have a bash at moving away from his undeniably successful formula…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 28 Aug 2009

An enjoyable, frequently funny comedy-drama with terrific performances from Sandler and Rogen, but it's also way too long and the first half…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 28 Aug 2009

Despite this film's sharp dialog and terrific story, its bloated, undisciplined editing keeps it from being a classic…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 28 Aug 2009

We've got the first two-thirds of a five-star comedy, followed by what feels like seventeen-thirds of a duff romcom…

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By Grant Lauchlan (65) for Daily Record (UK) (215) on 28 Aug 2009

For a film written and directed by Hollywood's current gross-out comedy king, Judd Apatow, and involving the talents of Sandler, Rogen and…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Times (392) on 27 Aug 2009

Funny People is a poignant examination of the loneliness caused by solipsism and self-centeredness, and the difficulty of breaking out of the…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 24 Aug 2009

Please feel sorry for me' buttons don't make great comedy…

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By Jonathan F. Richards (111) for Film.com (1,892) on 24 Aug 2009

The good parts of this movie are often wonderful, but Apatow never finds the rhythm to keep it going…

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By D.k. Holm (94) for Vancouver Voice (12) on 22 Aug 2009

There is also something dark about Apatow, unstated but clinging to his films like smoke…

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By Scott A. Mantz (197) for Access Hollywood (93) on 19 Aug 2009

It could have been a great movie, but instead it's only a good one, mostly because it forgot the first rule of comedy: leave them wanting more,…

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By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Aug 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…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 16 Aug 2009

In its home stretch, Funny People's action drags so unnecessarily that it…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 15 Aug 2009

If you don't mind spending (alot of) time with some interesting characters, check it out. Just don't expect a focused story…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 10 Aug 2009

Rule number one for a comedy: If you need a character to say 'That's funny' after a lot of your jokes, they're probably not all that funny…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 10 Aug 2009

As interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for The Trend (130) on 09 Aug 2009

The film does a lot of things that Apatow's previous work did…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 08 Aug 2009

Funny People clicks best when the emphasis is on the funny, not on the people…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 06 Aug 2009

The script has unexpected jolts of substance and drama, so much so that too often there are long stretches between the laughs, all of which…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 06 Aug 2009

Judd Apatow gives old pal Adam Sandler a deep but still funny script that lets the comic-actor go where he's never gone before…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 06 Aug 2009

Messy, self-indulgent, intriguing -- but it only really comes alive when it focuses on the competitive 'friendship' of the actor-roommates…

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