How can anyone be afraid of turning 40?

Well if you’re Pete and Debbie I can TOTALLY understand why! You remember Pete and Debbie, right?

2007 was the year of Judd Apatow’s pregnancy/slacker comedy Knocked Up where we were introduced to the characters of Pete and Debbie portrayed by Paul Rudd and Apatow’s real life wife, Leslie Mann. No disrespect to Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl but they were outshone by the long-time married couple whose one-liner’s stole the entire movie with what could be one of the most realistic portrayals of married life I’ve ever seen on the big screen.

They are back by popular demand in  Apatow’s “sequel of sorts”, This is 40, which follows the continued adventures of the Pete and Debbie  whilst they try to better their lives whilst approaching the big 4-0.

I have been looking forward to this one for a … Read More »

In case you don’t follow Judd Apatow on Twitter (@JuddApatow) then the below might be new to you…but IF the below is new to you then it raises another question….why DON’T you follow Judd Apatow on Twitter?

Judd Apatow is currently about halfway through filming his latest movie, a spinoff of his Knocked Up characters Pete & Debbie, played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann, in an as-yet-untitled comedy co-starring Megan Fox, Chris O’Dowd, and Melissa McCarthy.

If you’ve seen Knocked Up then you know just how great and watchable the characters of Pete and Debbie are. The relationship between the two and the dialogue simply make them a must watch. Even if you didn’t entirely believe the relationship between Seth Rogen’s Ben Stone and Katherine Heigl’s Alison Scott, you DID believe what was happening between Pete and Debbie.

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Written by: Stoic Taco

Bridesmaids provided some great laughs, had some outstanding performances, but overall fell into the average-raunchy-comedy-range but is the first one that is aimed specifically at the ladies in the audience.

I was told before going into the movie that there were really funny parts and some low key emotional scenes, so I was prepared for the balance. I agree that there needs to be a balance otherwise if it was just non-stop attempts at humour it would become tiresome.

After watching the film though, I am not sure that I was the target audience because whilst the scenes consisting of crude, raunchy, and toilet humour were funny (seriously though when is it not…) the other emotional scenes I found tedious and a little boring. I wasn’t engaged or interested in what they were talking about. It’s for this … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

Bridesmaids provided some great laughs, had some outstanding performances, but overall fell into the average-raunchy-comedy-range but is the first one that is aimed specifically at the ladies in the audience.

I was told before going into the movie that there were really funny parts and some low key emotional scenes, so I was prepared for the balance. I agree that there needs to be a balance otherwise if it was just non-stop attempts at humour it would become tiresome.

After watching the film though, I am not sure that I was the target audience because whilst the scenes consisting of crude, raunchy, and toilet humour were funny (seriously though when is it not…) the other emotional scenes I found tedious and a little boring. I wasn’t engaged or interested in what they were talking about. It’s for this … Read More »