Review of Trainwreck (2015) by Another V — 26 Jan 2016

Trainwreck was written by and stars comedienne Amy Schumer. If you've ever seen her standup comedy, you might already know if you do or do not want to see this. She's funny, but very irreverent and potentially offensive. Many (although not all) of her jokes are shocking and sexual, with a rare racial joke thrown in. Trainwreck boldly puts female sexuality out there in a way that most movies don't.

We start off seeing writer Amy in a dating relationship with the uber muscular Steven, played by John Cena. There is a funny bedroom scene where she asks him to talk dirty, and he tries...and tries, but it's just not quite working for her. He is a great guy with some weird tendencies in movie theaters who is in love with her, but he is not right for her, so they part ways. This frees her up to meet her Mr. Right.

Amy's shockingly ruthless boss Dianna, played by Tilda Swinton, sends Amy on assignment to interview and write a piece on Dr. Aaron Conners, played by Bill Hader. He is a surgeon to sports stars, and numerous real life sports stars make appearances in Trainwreck, with LeBron James getting the most screentime.

After Aaron's and Amy's first night together, he calls her. These two turn into a cute couple. This may be the first relationship she has truly taken seriously, and it seems to be helping her move in a healthy direction. With this one, she won't be having other men on the side, which has been a bad habit of hers until now.

Amy's father and sister and sister's family like Aaron, too. When Amy goes through a tragic loss, Aaron is there for her. She even sort of moves in with him.

Suddenly, there is trouble in paradise. Amy and Aaron go through a bunch of drama with each other, followed by a breakup, followed by Amy reverting to her old habits, accidentally going to bed with an underage guy!, which leads to her losing her job, which leads to her realizing she wants Aaron back.

The finale is a fun reunion scenario with a big happy ending. While I like the ending, I'm not really convinced Amy has enough of her issues worked out to truly make it in this relationship, without more help, more recovery, and more support towards long-term sobriety.