Max and I saw Funny People the other night with limited expectations. Naturally, the movie is a comedy starring Adam Sandler portraying the washed-up rich comedian George Simmons who soon discovers that he has a disease and has a high chance of dying. So what does he do? He goes after the girl, of course. Teamed up with Ira Wright (Seth Rogen), his newly hired comedy writer, the two go through many hardships as George starts to come clean with himself as his realization for how long he has to live grows.

So did we like the movie? Yeah, we liked it, but I wouldn't say we loved it. It was your typical comedy, except that there were a huge amount of cameos during the movie. Honestly, the movie started off just fine, but then that whole relationship factor came into the picture. Once Simmons began his quest to get back the girl who got away from him (and is also now married and has two daughters) the movie started to deteriorate.

Aside from the entire love story there are some great laughs to be had. There's a scene with Ira doing some stand-up comedy that is really over the top funny. Additionally, Jonah Hill adds in some memorable moments, as in most of the movies he has parts in.


I'd say that one of the most astounding parts of the movie is that Seth Rogen's part wasn't as absurdly obnoxious compared to many of the other movies he has been in in the past. In Funny People, his role was being a supportive and idolizing figure to George Simmons. Ultimately in the end, he teaches George what a true friend is like (something Simmons hasn't really had his entire life).

There aren't many quality movies out in the theaters right now. If you're going to spend ten bucks on something, you could do much worse than Funny People. I'm glad that I saw it on the big screen, however it's probably to your best interest to rent it or buy it for twelve bucks when it hits store shelves in a couple months.