Review of Trainwreck (2015) by Ydnar4 — 20 Oct 2015

I was fairly excited to check out Trainwreck because I am a fan of Judd Apatow’s prior work and I do feel a little disappointed by this film. I don’t feel like it is a bad movie I just feel like its more of a girl comedy film than a film for a male audience. Amy Schumer’s audience is women and I think she was more attentive to her audience when writing the film. I also found her character a little unoriginal, although Schumer may be in some ways going into a area where many women have not gone it is still very similar to other actors. I found there were several points in the film where I felt like I was watching a female Seth Rogen. There is really nothing wrong with Schumer’s performance I just didn’t understand the huge critical acclaim. Bill Hader is great in the movie and he was very likeable and it is nice to see him gain more attention as he has been a background player for so long.

The other complaint I have with this movie is that I really didn’t find the leads as funny as the supporting cast. Schumer had her moments but Bill Hader was not that funny at all and normally he’s hilarious. Lebron James is really funny in this film and John Cena might have been the funniest guy in the film despite not sticking around for long. There is also a little two much of a sports side to this movie, it almost seems like Apatow is trying to re-create Jerry Maguire and I think there are points that take away from the main plot and there were just too many sports related cameos.

I feel like I have hated a little two hard on the film but it really was not bad, I just think it wasn’t for me.