Metacritic Movie Ratings
Funny People Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Funny People nimbly intersperses humor and reflection. It is a rumination on mortality, fame and life choices, punctuated with Apatow's trademark raunchy humor.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The thing about Funny People is that it's a real movie. That means carefully written dialogue and carefully placed supporting performances -- and it's ABOUT SOMETHING.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Apatow is on the right track. In moving his adolescent male comedies into more adult realms, the humor sharpens and characters deepen.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Amusing and engaging yet lacking in snap and cohesion, this insider's look at the world of standup comics in contempo Los Angeles rings true in its view of the variously warped, stunted and narrow lives of its mostly male denizens.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The message that comes across is: We're all screwed, and then we die. Ba-DUM.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Any sort of new insight into comedy's darker themes, to say nothing of life's, eludes Funny People. Instead Sandler and Rogen and the rest are left to wander aimlessly, with tedious comedy gigs, an even more tedious faux sitcom and relatively vapid relationships masquerading as a plot.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  There's something irritatingly self-satisfied about Funny People, which explains why, though it glances on the perils of fame, it mostly affirms its pleasures.

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