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Posts: 9940 · Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:29 pm

"Funny People" paints a life-like portrait of the stand-up comedy scene, the cast members all succeed at the difficult task of playing a character so close to their own persona without playing themselves entirely. Nuance is the keyword here as this is neither a laugh-out-loud comedy all the time, neither is a mature drama all the time.

This can't be compared with Knocked Up or Superbad at all, all of them are great in very different ways. Superbad captured the bromance, Knocked Up was about people stepping up to the task when life hands them a challenge and falling in love with somebody after a slowly growing friendship, Funny People shows how comedy routines are born and deconstructs the myth of "the one that got away" as well as the "purifying quality" of a near-death experience. For a comedy, it's a quite stunning piece of work that, so it appears, is not appreciated in it's own time. Just look at the scene where Sandler's character completely bombs on stage with his "dark material" because death is on his mind. Big thumbs up for this film, it's more than just another comedy.

Score: 8/10