Review of Trainwreck (2015) by Zinc Z — 12 Mar 2017

Apatow's brand of humour just does not impress as much as it used to.

This review of Trainwreck (2015) was written by Zinc Z on 12 Mar 2017.

Trainwreck has generally received positive reviews.

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