Review of Trainwreck (2015) by Justin F — 23 Dec 2015

I found the central character Amy the GeezerBird unlikeable throughout and this proved a problem for me in TrainWreck. Other than the fact that she was very unfussy about who she slept with I couldn't work out why anybody (other than family) bothered with her. She wasn't kind, considerate or sensitive in any way and yet she somehow attracted some nice blokes. This alone in most cases would be a showstopper but what rescues it a little is the cameos in the film. Jon Cena (yes, the wrestler) is funny and his "I look like I ate Mark Wahlberg" line was particularly funny. I also enjoyed Daniel Radcliffe and Marisa Tomeis black and white arthouse film cameo. It reminded me a little of the black and white film mickey takes in the marvellous 500 Days Of Summer. LeBron James (yes, THE) also not bad at times and as for Tilda Swinton, well you really have to see her in this to believe its actually her. Amazing work on the makeup front.

In not a huge fan of Judd Apatos work (Bridesmaids and Get Him To The Greek excepted) and I'm not familiar with Amy Schumer's stand up (I hear she is a comedian when not exposing herself for calendars). Maybe this point is key, if you are a fan of either or both, then the chances are that you will enjoy this. It's just that Trainwreck suffers from not being my cup of tea but when all is said and done this may be a good thing.