My wife and I watched 'This is 40' a few days ago. And..well, lets just say that its not what we expected. We were expecting a non-stop comedy but what we received was a mirror; a look at a married couple that was eerily similar to ours. It was slightly comedic, slightly poignant, very real, and not as good a movie as I have come to expect from Judd Apatow.
Paul Rudd did Paul Rudd. He was supposed to act like a child and did a good job of it.
Leslie Mann did Leslie Mann. She was supposed to be a mother of 2, a wife to 1 and an overbearing nag to everyone. She did a good job as well.
Albert Brooks plays the same character he plays in everyone movie; a slightly neurotic, jerky, moop. And, of course, he does a splendid job.
So....if you're reading this you think that everything is hunky doory...right? WRONG!
The script was sub par- it put the couple in the midst of a financial crisis but didnt do a good job of saying how they got there? (signing one shitty artist wouldnt put you in the lurch; neither would having one thieving employee). The children were sometimes funny but mostly angsty. I get that the teen was supposed to be a handful but she came off as more disgruntled than anything else.
Melissa McCarthy was wasted in her small role as were John Lithgow, Jason Segel, Charlene Yi and HELL, everyone! The movie had great promise but just died before it really got started.
Great cast, bad script. Redbox it.
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