Review of Trainwreck (2015) by Amanda — 24 Jan 2016

A lot of stand up comedy material has been squeezed into a film format. Plenty of cliche for the people who watch stand up. Not bad, but not great either.

This review of Trainwreck (2015) was written by Amanda on 24 Jan 2016.

Trainwreck has generally received positive reviews.

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