{"id":3764,"date":"2016-09-06T04:52:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T08:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:31:03","slug":"this-is-40-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3764","title":{"rendered":"This Is 40-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Is 40-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Judd Apatow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #473<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed September 6, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

I must admit, I was not looking forward to seeing this movie, and my initial thought was “typical dumb comedy” that has been seen a million times before.<\/p>\n

While This is 40 (2012) does contain those elements and is marketed toward a certain target audience, this movie is, surprisingly, smartly written and intelligent…overall.<\/p>\n

I have not viewed Knocked Up (2007), but I understand it’s a somewhat follow-up to that film, as the two central characters are now married and traversing through a different time in their lives-adulthood.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed Paul Rudd’s, Melissa McCarthy’s, and whoever played the oldest daughter’s, performances the most, though Rudd has become the latest actor to play the same role over and over again.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the rock n roll elements and the confrontation scenes as these were very cleverly written and nicely acted.<\/p>\n

Sadly, at times the film relies on the standard bathroom humor done thousands of times before- a clear attempt at a laugh, and Jason Segal’s and Megan Fox’s characters are unnecessary to the main plot.<\/p>\n

This Is 40 (2012) is a film that, at its heart, shows the trials and tribulations of generations of families, humorously, and done rather well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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