Director: Judd Apatow; Screenwriter: Judd Apatow; Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Megan Fox, Chris O'Dowd, Lena Dunham, Jason Segel; Running time: 134 mins; Certificate: 15
Writer-director Judd Apatow has carved a sizeable niche in comedies dealing with the nitty-gritty of sex and relationships, but This Is 40 is a tad more mature - yet no less funny - than his breakout hit Knocked Up. Paul Rudd and Apatow's real-life spouse Leslie Mann reprise their roles from the latter in a 'sort of sequel' that ponders the question of what sustains a marriage in the middle years.
Pete and Debbie are turning 40 in the same week, though Debbie insists that she's still in her thirties and has birthday candles to prove it. Still, the cracks are starting to show and not just around the eyes and mouth. Their home becomes a battleground and the opening skirmish is a doozy, sparked by...
Writer-director Judd Apatow has carved a sizeable niche in comedies dealing with the nitty-gritty of sex and relationships, but This Is 40 is a tad more mature - yet no less funny - than his breakout hit Knocked Up. Paul Rudd and Apatow's real-life spouse Leslie Mann reprise their roles from the latter in a 'sort of sequel' that ponders the question of what sustains a marriage in the middle years.
Pete and Debbie are turning 40 in the same week, though Debbie insists that she's still in her thirties and has birthday candles to prove it. Still, the cracks are starting to show and not just around the eyes and mouth. Their home becomes a battleground and the opening skirmish is a doozy, sparked by...
- 2/11/2013
- Digital Spy
Advertised as a “sort-of sequel” to Knocked Up, This Is 40 brings back the scene stealing married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), who have reached a certain milestone that no one is quick to celebrate, turning 40.
In the film, Pete now has his own record label but is running into serious financial troubles, and Debbie fears that one of the employees at her clothing store (played by Megan Fox) may be stealing money from her. Although Pete and Debbie love each other very much, they are constantly rubbing each other the wrong ways as their neurosis over getting older keeps getting worse and worse.
Recently, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, a press day was held for This Is 40. Attending it was the film’s writer/director Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Albert Brooks and Megan Fox. They discussed their experience making...
In the film, Pete now has his own record label but is running into serious financial troubles, and Debbie fears that one of the employees at her clothing store (played by Megan Fox) may be stealing money from her. Although Pete and Debbie love each other very much, they are constantly rubbing each other the wrong ways as their neurosis over getting older keeps getting worse and worse.
Recently, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, a press day was held for This Is 40. Attending it was the film’s writer/director Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Albert Brooks and Megan Fox. They discussed their experience making...
- 12/20/2012
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
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