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Release Date
Jul 31, 2009
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Funny People
Recently learning that he has a fatal disease, comic George Simmons (Adam Sandler) spots a struggling performer named Ira (Seth Rogen) and decides to become his mentor. The men become close friends as George teaches Ira the art of stand-up comedy, and Ira helps George define his legacy. When an old flame (Leslie Mann) reappears and the disease goes into remission, George gets a chance to re-evaluate his life and figure out what is truly important to him.
Starring
| Adam Sandler | George Simmons |
| Leslie Mann | Laura |
| Eric Bana | Clarke |
| Jonah Hill | Leo |
| Jason Schwartzman | Mark |
| RZA | |
| Aubrey Plaza | |
| Maude Apatow | |
| Iris Apatow | |
| Aziz Ansari |
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To title a movie "Funny People" is to invite hecklers. But this risky flick succeeds on several levels because it's loaded with different kinds of funny — and different kinds of people. Although Adam Sandler plays a crude superstar who might be construed as his alter-ego, he has surrendered creative control to smart writer/director Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up") and surrounded himself with actors who are more than just foils for his insults. The collaborative effort is overlong and wrongheaded in some of its sympathies, but it's one of the shrewdest show-business comedies in years.
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