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Paul Rudd
Leslie Mann
Megan Fox
Albert Brooks
Chris O’Dowd
Charlynne Yi

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In this spinoff of Knocked Up, we catch up with Pete and Debbie a few years following the event of the film with Pete struggling with his music label and Debbie picking up the slack at her dress shop while both deal with the ups and downs of married life. -- Chris Kavan

03/04/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Not as funny as Knocked Up

One of a few movies i sat down to watch this weekend, this being the only movie of the lot that i hadn't yet seen. Having really enjoyed it's predecessor 'Knocked Up' (#81 on my top 100 movies of all time list) I started this film with slight optimistic hope as i knew that it revolved around Kathy Heigl's sister and brother in law in the original, however neither Seth Rogen or Heigl were involved with this project. Although the next best thing to Rogen is Paul Rudd so here we go... I found this film contained no where near the laughs the first one did however it was still somewhat funny. Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann both reprise their roles from Knocked Up as Pete and Debbie , 5 years after the events of Knocked Up Pete is approaching his 40th birthday and is entirely stressed out not onl...

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2/4 

02/02/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

It's Judd Apatow! What were u expecting?

Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are your typical married couple whose marriage has lost its spark. They argue and fight a lot, but still connected and bonded from having two daughters pre-teen Sadie who is obsessed with technology (Iphone, Ipad, Ipod) and Lost Series and the younger Charlotte who is hell-bent on bothering her big sister.

Debbie has just turned 40 and doesn't want to admit it defiantly insisting that she is still only 38. (Really what woman wouldn’t lie about her age hahaha????) This midlife crisis leads to her questioning her relationship with Pete, who also has to face his own problems of dealing with a mooching father, Larry (Albert Brooks), on top of his emotional wife. Pete is a typical male, does not care about health or being 40, eats cupcakes, has a ch...

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2.5/4 

01/01/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A Wandering Film That Still Has Its Share of Funny

This is 40 is an indulgent and imperfect film. I know this, but I still enjoyed the experience - mostly because the characters and the actors that play them are endearing and the material relevant. If there is one (possibly) fatal flaw to "This is 40," it is that Apatow tries to cram all that is tough about growing older and coping with married and family life into one plot, often resulting in a parade of sequences lamenting these issues that could come across as whiny. A lot of the plot meanders and strokes Apatow's ego, such as when he dances around a pointless subplot involving theft at Debbie's store. At the same time, though, the film does have some very honest and poignant moments that find comedy in the natural occurrences of an aging marriage. The chemistry between Rudd and Ma...

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3/4 

12/30/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

This is 40 (2012) Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are dealing with the reality of marriage with children. Their life isn’t what they thought it was going to be, and now that Pete’s record label is having trouble, so is their marriage. I liked parts of this film, some of which are extremely funny, but the film, overall, feels really disjointed, as if Judd Apatow, who wrote and directed the film, decided to put skits together to make a film. I liked Leslie Mann’s performance, as she has the right mix of craziness and desperation for the role. As usual, Melissa McCarthy, in a very small role, comes in and steals the film from the rest of the cast. Be sure and stay for the first part of the end credits. There are several outtakes where McCarthy just goes on a rant that had me cry...

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2/4