Comments on: SXSW Review: Judd Apatow’s ‘Trainwreck’ With Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Tilda Swinton, John Cena, LeBron James, More

By: bitemelo

bitemelo — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:08 +0000

The film is essentially done execpt for some music that was going to be added as well as some color corrections.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:08 +0000

What was "work-in-progress" about it? Every review makes it sound like it was done

By: David D.

David D. — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:08 +0000

Actually, "I wouldn\’t f— him with your dick" was from the long-forgotten comedy "Patti Rocks." One doesn\’t forget a line like that.

By: Pele

Pele — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:07 +0000

If there\’s full frontal male nudity, I\’m out. Please tell me there\’s not because your review seemed to hint toward it.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:07 +0000

Johnnie– Bill Hader is always worth watching. He is the only reason I will be seeing this one.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:07 +0000

@JOHNNIE CARCINOGEN
Okay, calm down. You might be reading too far into this review.

By: vp19

vp19 — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:07 +0000

As a longtime fan of Bill Hader (someone who has a wonderful sense of film history, as his intros/outros on TCM\’s "Essentials Jr." makes clear), I hope this vaults him a bit higher in the actor pantheon. Not too high, though — I\’m currently writing a romantic comedy where I envision him as the leading man, and I don\’t want him to wind up too expensive to hire!

By: Johnnie Carcinogen

Johnnie Carcinogen — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:59:07 +0000

John Cena has been an effective comedic actor for the better part of a decade, most notably as Juliet O\’Hara\’s brother, Ewan. You were also very generous with your scoring here for having such issues with a many \’perfunctory\’ aspects of Apatow\’s films. And you also ignore your assertion that Schumer\’s, script through Apatow, offers fresh physical comedy, wordplay, and a focused, warm script.. as if you haven\’t seen a single Apatow movie, literally every one of which relies heavily on physical comedy, wordplay, and a focused, warm script. It seems to me the critic knows this movie is going to get great reviews based on the media\’s nearly universal love of Schumer and Apatow and is too afraid to write an honest opinion on it. However, I find that majority of her standup to be rote, crude variations of, "I was blowing a guy when _____" and "I\’m such a whore because ____", and of course, "guys you don\’t know how bad it is to be a woman until you _____". Hopefully, this movie will be different than her typical, "Have you ever been so drunk you went home with a mullet-wearing guy in a track suit that exposes his hairy chest and gold chains?" hackneyed bits. But if Hader is half as good in this as he was in Skeleton Twins, as the author claims, that alone is worth a watch.