'Trainwreck' (2015) Movie Review
I'm not all that familiar with Amy Schumer. I've never seen her television show. I've never seen her standup. My only exposure to her prior to seeing Trainwreck was a couple episodes of "Girls" she was on, but from this movie, I can sort of see what the appeal is. She talks about modern day issues for women, has a sly vulgarity about her, and she can deliver a punchline. If anything, Trainwreck made me interested in seeking out more of her material. Perhaps she's better served outside of a Judd Apatow lens. Even though Schumer wrote and stars in the film, this has the fingerprints of an Apatow production all over it, and I don't mean that as a compliment. He is at the forefront of the alt-driven comedy I loath (see my review of Paul Feig's Spy), which means where Schumer's material ends, and Apatow's material begins,...
- 3/17/2015
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
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