This Is 40 (2012) 7/10

Starring : Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow
Director : Judd Apatow
Running Time : 132 mins

Pete (Rudd) and Debbie (Mann) have two kids, two failing businesses, and are both about to hit forty. Their lives become even more complicated when Pete decides not to tell Debbie that he has mortgaged the house and started to miss payments, while Debbie has to deal with the possibility that a member of her staff may have stolen $12,000 from her business.

This movie is far too long, but it is still pretty funny. Basically this is a series of vignettes linked together by the lead characters money problems, much in the vein of many of Apatow’s movies. Fans of his work will enjoy this, though it isn’t as slapstick funny as The Forty Year-Old Virgin and is more in the league of Funny People. There are some great moments, especially the scenes with Melissa McCarthy, but some editing would have been nice.

You’ll like this if you liked : Funny People