This Is 40
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Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely different places on this one: some found Apatow's semi-autobiographical spin-off warm and sharply observed, while others felt the 133-minute runtime exposed a story too slight to fill it. The performances of Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann drew consistent praise, but whether the film's loose, life-like rhythms felt honest or self-indulgent was the real dividing line.
“This Is 40 is a comedy film about the hell of getting older in a place where aging naturally is the last taboo, and I only wish it lived up to that utterly inspired concept...every scene feels like an airbrushed composite of dozens of rambling takes, and 133 minutes is drainingly long for a story this sitcom-slight”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“This Is 40 doesn't build to a catharsis. It sometimes dawdles as it circles the spectacle of a marriage in flux. Yet Pete and Debbie's sparring yields some of Apatow's most personal observations yet on the feelings for husbands, wives, parents, and children that we categorize as love.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“This Is 40 has its share of clever, zingy material, proving that writer-director Judd Apatow has lost none of his ability to land a punch line with the right, unexpected turn of phrase.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy
This Is 40
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely different places on this one: some found Apatow's semi-autobiographical spin-off warm and sharply observed, while others felt the 133-minute runtime exposed a story too slight to fill it. The performances of Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann drew consistent praise, but whether the film's loose, life-like rhythms felt honest or self-indulgent was the real dividing line.
“This Is 40 is a comedy film about the hell of getting older in a place where aging naturally is the last taboo, and I only wish it lived up to that utterly inspired concept...every scene feels like an airbrushed composite of dozens of rambling takes, and 133 minutes is drainingly long for a story this sitcom-slight”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“This Is 40 doesn't build to a catharsis. It sometimes dawdles as it circles the spectacle of a marriage in flux. Yet Pete and Debbie's sparring yields some of Apatow's most personal observations yet on the feelings for husbands, wives, parents, and children that we categorize as love.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“This Is 40 has its share of clever, zingy material, proving that writer-director Judd Apatow has lost none of his ability to land a punch line with the right, unexpected turn of phrase.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
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