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Wie das Leben so spielt

Originaltitel: Funny People
  • 2009
  • 12
  • 2 Std. 26 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,3/10
125.827
IHRE BEWERTUNG
BELIEBTHEIT
3.665
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Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, and Seth Rogen in Wie das Leben so spielt (2009)
When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
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Als der erfahrene Komiker George Simmons von seinem unheilbaren, inoperablen Gesundheitszustand erfährt, veranlasst ihn sein Wunsch, eine echte Freundschaft zu schließen, einen relativ grüne... Alles lesenAls der erfahrene Komiker George Simmons von seinem unheilbaren, inoperablen Gesundheitszustand erfährt, veranlasst ihn sein Wunsch, eine echte Freundschaft zu schließen, einen relativ grünen Performer unter seine Fittiche zu nehmen.Als der erfahrene Komiker George Simmons von seinem unheilbaren, inoperablen Gesundheitszustand erfährt, veranlasst ihn sein Wunsch, eine echte Freundschaft zu schließen, einen relativ grünen Performer unter seine Fittiche zu nehmen.

  • Regie
    • Judd Apatow
  • Drehbuch
    • Judd Apatow
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Adam Sandler
    • Seth Rogen
    • Leslie Mann
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,3/10
    125.827
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    BELIEBTHEIT
    3.665
    824
    • Regie
      • Judd Apatow
    • Drehbuch
      • Judd Apatow
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Adam Sandler
      • Seth Rogen
      • Leslie Mann
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    • 213Kritische Rezensionen
    • 60Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Funny People -- International Trailer
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    Funny People -- "George Apologizes to Laura for His Past"
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    Funny People -- "George Apologizes to Laura for His Past"
    Funny People -- "George asks Ira to Kill Him"
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    Funny People -- "George asks Ira to Kill Him"
    Funny People -- "George and Ira with the Girls at the Pool"
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    Funny People -- "George and Ira with the Girls at the Pool"
    Funny People: George And Ira Make Fun Of The Doctor's Accent
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    Funny People: George And Ira Make Fun Of The Doctor's Accent

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    • George Simmons
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    8Stargrazingreviews

    Complex, witty and sprawling Funny People is Apatow's most ambitious film but is derailed at the halfway mark by his primary vices; overindulgence and never-ending second acts

    Complex, witty and sprawling Funny People is Apatow's most ambitious film but is derailed at the halfway mark by his primary vices; overindulgence and never-ending second acts. Sander shows sparks of his dramatic sensibilities but isn't quite given the space he needs to shine whilst Rogen's everyman charm gives us the emotional core as does their effortless chemistry. Only Love (TV show) is able to find the same combination of emotional core and legitimately funny moments as Funny People but the commercial failure of this movie is likely down to the marketing as people were expecting a laugh out loud late night movie and ultimately this is entirely unrepresentative. Shout outs go to entertaining cameos from RZA and Eminem.
    7solidgameboy12-1

    Ironic Film Titles

    One of the major rules people should have learned about movies is this: No matter how specific the title is, it may not be what you thought it was going in.

    Judd Apatow had two previous titles, both being specific in title, with "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up". So when you see a movie with a title like "Funny People", you will probably expect a very funny movie; This wouldn't be necessarily incorrect, but misleading: There are funny people in this movie, it is just not a movie that is truly as funny as the title would lead you to believe.

    Adam Sandler as George is surely the highlight of this movie, We think we will see Adam playing a serious role, and for the most part, he does. His character, dying from a rare blood disease, is brought up almost immediately, so the movie moves right away.

    George decides to go back to the stage after making a handful of truly bad movies (An obvious look back at Adam's acting career) and bombs on stage, but Ira, played by Seth Rogen in a different kind of role, gets some big laughs. George hires Ira to help him write jokes, and a different kind of friendship, but a friendship nonetheless, develops.

    George soon gets into touch with an old girlfriend, played by Leslie Mann, Director Apatow's Wife, and the two begin to realize how much they have both changed. She has a husband (Eric Bana, in a truly funny role) and two kids (Iris and Maude, Mann and Apatow's real life children), while George lives a life less fulfilling.

    The movie takes a real backseat to conventional rules of movies; There is maybe, at a maximum, of two real clichés in this movie, one mentioned in this review already, and the other for good measure.

    The movie feels a little long winded, running at nearly 2 and half hours, and the characters are sad, but interesting. Seeing Adam playing a shadow of himself is certainly a depressing site, and Rogen doing all he can for the man that he admires, since he was a kid, no less, is even better, proving that Rogen isn't a one trick pony, hopefully making this a bit more noticeable for his performance in The Green Hornet next year.

    The movie also has some great performances from Jason Schwartzman as an actor starring in a horrible television sitcom and Jonah Hill as a competing comedy performer.

    But there has to be a reason why this movie is ranked so low, and it could almost be said of the running time, but its coming right back to my first paragraph about ironic titles in movies. I suspected a laugh riot, and got mere chuckles. The stand up is hard to enjoy, being very oriented in genitalia humor and sex jokes doesn't make it really funny, just repetitive.

    And I will be honest: I didn't pay attention to the title business and felt rather disappointed. This is a movie not sitting at the dinner table with all the Apatow produced movies of the last three or four years; like George, he's sitting at his own table, not quite like everyone else.

    Perhaps now that I've seen the movie for what it truly is, a drama with some funny parts in it, I can now go back and see if maybe I can look at it any differently.

    Here is an Apatow film different from anything he's directed, written or produced lately, and deserves to be seen at least once, and while people will see this and perhaps, not laugh as hard, here is hoping Apatow doesn't lose face and give up on this kind of writing. Apatow can make characters more like real people, and he needs to consider maybe doing a drama a little more than once or twice, now that he has done it. If he doesn't, he might end up like most writer-directors, who just get tired after awhile, instead of trying out different genres of film, regardless of what his "Fans" might say anyway.

    7 out of 10.
    7coldplayhater

    Gave it second chance

    I watched this around the time it first became available to rent. It was very forgettable at the time. I watched it thinking it was going to be "funny." But 12 years later it's more relatable to me and understandable, so the humor stands out a lot more than I remember.
    6DonFishies

    Despite its hilarity, Funny People is a truly disappointing film that is far too long

    In the current climate of contemporary comedy, Judd Apatow is king. And while he makes a killing producing, his real talent is displayed through his writing and directing abilities. While Knocked Up does not hold up cohesively on repeat viewings, The 40-Year-Old Virgin remains one of the funniest comedies of the decade. While both films dabbled with the hybrid mixture of comedy and drama, both were comedies first and foremost. Enter his latest foray of writing/directing, and a film I clamoured for advance tickets for: Funny People.

    George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is an aging comedian, hating the cards God has dealt him. He has no friends, his career is washed up, and almost immediately after the film starts, is diagnosed with a terminal inoperable disease. Shortly after he begins taking experimental medication, he meets Ira Wright (Seth Rogen), a struggling young comedian trying to live up to his roommates, fellow comedian Leo (Jonah Hill) and sitcom star Mark (Jason Schwartzman). With his life slowly fading, George hires Ira on as his assistant to write jokes for him, and begins to try and make something of his life before it ends.

    While it sounds more like a drama than a comedy, Funny People does pack in the laugh-out-loud moments Apatow comedies are known for. While a lot of it looks like it continues the grand tradition of being improvised (with whole scenes dedicated to stand-up comedy routines), there is a great deal that appears to have been written by Apatow himself. Almost every joke kills because of how genuinely funny and outrageous there are. While the gross out humour appears at a minimum here, the graphic content discussed within the dialogue continues to be as uniquely entertaining as it always has been. I found myself gasping for air at more than a handful of comments these characters make to each other; they are just that funny.

    But a lot of the laughs come few and far between what is actually going on within this overly ambitious drama. And unfortunately, it is one of the few things holding the film together.

    It is clear from the start of the film, featuring old footage of Sandler as an aspiring comedian, that this tale is very special to Apatow. But his desire to tell this story on his terms, while aspiring to pay homage to his past and present as a comedian and filmmaker, seems to come in the way of the film itself. Scenes tend to go on and on for no purpose at all, and whole scenes seem to have been added to give greater depth for some characters, but end up being entirely superfluous and useless. Apatow is well known for having movies that tend to be 20-minutes too long. But with Funny People, he seems to break his own rule and drag the film out 40-60 minutes longer than it needs to be. The entire final act of the film is downright agonizing for how dragged out it comes off, and how ill-paced it becomes as it stretches on. I found myself checking my watch just hoping it would end sooner rather than later. At 145 minutes, this just seems like overkill. There is no reason this movie ever should have been released as being less than ten minutes shorter than films like The Dark Knight or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

    But the key detractor from the film is its tone and consistency. It never seems to be able to balance itself out as a comedy/drama like Virgin and Knocked Up did. Apatow does not let the film gradually let one tone win out over the other; he just crams scenes filled with both elements almost absentmindedly. In one single scene, the film can go from hilarious, to sad, to hysterically funny, to downright depressing in less than five minutes. After years of being part of film crews in some capacity (either as writer, director or producer), you would imagine something as amateur as this would be totally out of the question for Apatow. Surely this sloppy brand of film-making is better suited for an earlier project, as opposed to what should be a crowning achievement in a continually blossoming career?

    While the story and pacing is all over the place, the acting fares a little better. Sandler, playing a popular comedian much like himself, delivers a devastatingly excellent performance as Simmons. It seems that playing a character that is so closely similar to his actual career was just what Sandler needed to prove he has not completely squandered away that promising talent he once had. The visual expressions on his face, through pain and sorrow, are almost enough to forgive him for travesties like You Don't Mess with the Zohan and Click. This is a very adult Sandler playing a role more mature than he has ever had before, and he gives some of his best work to date within it. Rogen delivers a fairly well done performance as well, but seems almost deflated in some scenes. He gave his all in films like Knocked Up and Observe and Report, but here he just seems dialed down. Almost like he wants Sandler to overshadow him completely.

    The supporting cast, from Schwartzman and Hill to Leslie Mann, newcomer Aubrey Plaza and a surprisingly hilarious Eric Bana, all give great performances, but nothing extraordinary. It was interesting to see Mann in a dramatic role, and while she is imperfect, she does well anyway. The film packs plenty of hilarious cameos too, some of which are just too good to spoil.

    Funny People is just fabulous when it wants to be. But for the most part, it truly is a disappointing effort on Apatow's part. It is far too ambitious a project, and just muddled with tonal issues that it just never accomplishes what it sets out for. Which is a shame.

    6.5/10.
    8kosmasp

    Funny outside, sad inside

    It's not something new, that comedians (or clowns for that matter), have a sad lonely side to them. This is being explored to quite the big degree here. With an excellent cast. But all starts off with something I don't like at all: Prank calls. Never found them funny and only the calls where they try to sell something to you seem worse.

    Having said that, this is only the beginning and is supposed to be a character beat. Now Sandler is playing a comedian, but he can draw from personal experiences. Others here play themselves (no pun intended). Overall this has an amazing cast. I watched the extended cut, which adds more minutes to an already long movie. But I didn't mind. It is predictable, but it is also fun. The drama works and it showcases that Sandler can do more than just being silly. I understand that it's still what most of his fans want to see him in - and not dramas like this. It's unfortunate

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      The opening video with the prank calls is a real video shot by Judd Apatow when he and Adam Sandler were younger. The two other people appearing in this video are Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller.
    • Patzer
      The MySpace gig takes place far enough away that George and Ira take a private plane. At the end of scene, he gets two girls to go back to his place. But at the end of those scenes the girls leave on their own, apparently left to their own resources to get back.
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      Eminem: Everyone in this fucking room is either staring at us or wanting to take a fucking picture.

      Ira Wright: [Ira takes a picture of Eminem and George from across the room] Yeah. Got it.

      Ray Romano: E-mail that to me.

      Ira Wright: I will. That's awesome.

      Ray Romano: Yeah.

      Eminem: Who the fuck is that guy right there?

      Eminem: [Eminem points at Ray] That fucking guy right there.

      George Simmons: What? Ray Romano's bothering you?

      Eminem: Who? Ray, Ray who?

      George Simmons: Ray Romano, the guy from "Everybody Loves Raymond".

      Eminem: I don't give a fuck what show he's on. I'll fuck this motherfucker up, man!

      George Simmons: Hey.

      Eminem: Hey, Ray!

      Ray Romano: Hello, Marshall.

      Eminem: Fucking problem here, buddy?

      [Ray shakes his head confused]

      Eminem: Would you like to fuck me? Is that what this is?

      Ray Romano: [to Ira] I don't get it, man. What's going on?

      Eminem: Would you like me to fucking bend over for you right now?

      Ira Wright: [whispering] Say no.

      Ray Romano: No, man.

      Eminem: [to George] I just gotta always be on my toes, man. You know?

      George Simmons: I see that, but not with Ray Romano.

      Ray Romano: [to Ira] This is why I don't go out of the house.

      Ira Wright: I thought everybody loved you.

    • Crazy Credits
      Judd Apatow's daughter's cover of Memory is played during the credits.
    • Alternative Versionen
      Region 1 (US) DVD release includes an unrated version of the movie with a running time of 2 hours 32 minutes.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Oscar 2009 - Die Academy Awards (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Great Day
      Written by Paul McCartney

      Performed by Paul McCartney

      Courtesy of MPL Communications Ltd./Inc.

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      • 17. September 2009 (Deutschland)
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      • 75.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 51.855.045 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 22.657.780 $
      • 2. Aug. 2009
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 71.585.235 $
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