Articles tagged "judd apatow"

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Leslie Mann has her meatiest role yet opposite Adam Sandler

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[7.Aug.09] :. SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Leslie Mann laughs a lot now, but she didn’t always think her life was so amusing. In fact, she winces whenever she is forced to talk about her high school years...

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Funny People

by Todd R. Ramlow

[1.Aug.09] :. Bromances like Funny People do a disservice to the friendship capabilities of straight men, making them seem stunted.

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Judd Apatow looks at the dark side of success in ‘Funny People’

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[30.Jul.09] :. As the actor said on his deathbed, “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” Judd Apatow’s “Funny People” tackles laughter and loss simultaneously, with Adam Sandler playing a...

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Judd Apatow turns serious, and that’s no laughing matter

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[27.Jul.09] :. Imagine Mel Brooks directing Strindberg. Or Groucho, Chico and Harpo playing the Brothers Karamazov. Or Kevin Smith announcing an all-slacker version of “Gotterdammerung,” replete with...

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Kevin Smith paved the way for Judd Apatow, but Apatow’s success made ‘Zack and Miri’ possible

by Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[31.Oct.08] :. Kevin Smith’s 1994 debut comedy, “Clerks,” was so foulmouthed that it was initially rated NC-17 just for its language. Even downgraded to an R, the movie’s frank talk wowed...

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The joke’s in the male: It’s funny, but Judd Apatow makes chick flicks for men

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[15.Apr.08] :. In that old family favorite, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” the tragically chaste Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) finally works up the chutzpah to call Trish (Catherine Keener) and ask her for a...

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When it comes to movie laughs, ‘Drillbit’ producer Judd Apatow is the man

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[21.Mar.08] :. Comedy has a brand name these days: “Apatow.” That would be Judd Apatow, the high priest of TV’s “Freaks & Geeks” who moved on to “The 40-Year Old...

 

Judd Apatow’s aptitude is for funny and familiar

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[17.Mar.08] :. After a difficult decade in network TV comedy, writer/director/producer Judd Apatow has developed a Midas touch in films, with the uninterrupted successes of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,”...

 

Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comedies

by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[20.Dec.07] :. In “Juno,” the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she’s been knocked up. “I was thinking I’d just nip it in the...

 

Knocked Up

by Andrew Gilstrap

[26.Sep.07] :. Taken as a straightforward comedy, Knocked Up is extremely satisfying. Taken as a more serious meditation on adulthood and priorities, though . . .

 

TV geek Seth Rogen becomes a movie star

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[1.Jun.07] :. If you’re perplexed to hear that this summer’s break out movie star is a 24-year-old, self-described “Canadian Jew” who ends almost every sentence with a donkey-bray laugh,...

 

With Judd Apatow’s films and TV shows, familiarity breeds hilarity

by Stephen Becker [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[1.Jun.07] :. If practice really does make perfect, then Knocked Up should be just about the perfect comedy. Writer and director Judd Apatow’s follow-up to 2005’s funniest movie—The...

 

Knocked Up (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Jun.07] :. While the Pete and Ben romance is based in their similarities, their most moving discovery is their unconditional devotion to the differences embodied by girls.

 

Short Cuts - In Theaters: Knocked Up (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[30.May.07] :. If big screen comedy has an assigned savior, it just might be Judd Apatow. With the beloved 40 Year Old Virgin fresh in everyone’s minds, and his producer’s imprint on other...

 

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

by Samantha Bornemann

[26.Aug.05] :. Here, a one-note title evolves into a 3-D landscape of guffaws and awws.