Console best movie i've ever seen.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

loisonanna Very boring movie, story is missing some spice. Nothing special, not even to pass the time

Mr Black Well, I only go this movie because Adam Sandler is in it. I find he makes one good movie, one bad, one good, one bad..So thought' I'd take a chance. It's an okay story with good performances, but wow, there IS a lot of things wrong with this. For starters, it's a re-hashed story from 'The Great Buck Howard." - almost exactly, in terms of the two main characters. Show biz big guy gets an assistant and treats him badly. Assistant finally leaves and they meet again later. Been there, done that. Now about the humour. Maybe this is just an indication of how stupid society has become, but seriously,, I got bored of the penis jokes after about the 5000th one. One per movie might be funny, but after one you're flogging a dead horse. Seriously.? Penis jokes are funny when you're ten. When your a grown adult, it's just embarrassing unless you have an IQ below 80 and live in a hillybilly log cabin or something. The only thing here is, at first George Simmons was dying. In the Great Buck Howard he wasn't.

FilmBuff1994 Funny People is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a fantastic comedy cast that also do a really good job in scenes when they need to be more dramatic.It's another very well written comedy drama from Judd Apotow,which features a career turn for Adam Sandler,he takes a break from goofy comedies to play a character who really develops as we see him start off as a very pompous character and soon learns from his mistakes and becomes a better man,George Simmons is certainly one of the best performances of his career and without a doubt the character I had the most sympathy for out of everyone he's ever played.Seth Rogen also played a very normal character who I had the most sympathy for,partly because I am a huge fan of Rogen but also because I could really relate to him at times,particularly the awkward situations he was in and the way he just smiles when he can't think of anything to say.The film does bring in some great laughs as well of course,a lot of scenes had me in stitches and there are some quotable lines also.A serious story that still manages to bring in laughs,Funny People is a very enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good comedy or drama. When a rich comedian finds out he has leukemia,he reconsiders his life,helped by an aspiring comedian.Best Performance: Adam Sandler Worst Performance: Eric Bana

rooprect To all the people who say this was not a funny movie, that it was an hour too long or that it got confusing toward the end: my friends, you are the victims of lousy marketing. With a DVD box that boasts "LAUGH OUT LOUD" and "HILARIOUS" in a font so big you can see it from the international space station, you'd think that this is a spleen-splitting comedy. But, while it does have some great moments, "Funny People" is foremost a drama.If you've seen Adam Sandler's 2002 film "Punch Drunk Love", that might give you an idea of the mixture of drama & comedy, except I'd say the drama is even heavier here. And at 2 1/2 hours long, you'd better have a pretty decent attention span to stay with it.If I haven't scared you off, then awesome. You might like this movie as much as I did. Adam Sandler plays an entertaining but not particularly likable character named George. George is a comedian, but right in the first 10 minutes his life takes a dark turn when he learns that he has a type of leukemia. The rest of the film is about him trying to cope with his bleak future while trying to reconnect with his past. All of this is set against the ironic backdrop of the stand-up comedy circuit, and that juxtaposition is what I found brilliant about this movie.If you're watching closely, you realize that his stand-up routines are actually quite depressing, but the fact that it's told at a comedy club makes it funny to the audience. Thus the theme emerges: there's a fine line between comedy and tragedy.Things get really heavy in the 2nd half when George's ex girlfriend enters the picture. No, it's not exactly madcap hijinks (although the ex's new husband is absolutely hilarious); instead it becomes a very convoluted tangle of love, friendship, lust and loyalties... and everything seems to be at odds with everything else.I never saw any of Adam Sandler's crazy comedies back in the 90s (Happy Gilmore, etc), so to me he's just a good, quirky dramatic actor like I've seen in this film and the excellent "Punch Drunk Love". Of the two I prefer Punch simply because Sandler's character is more endearing. If you haven't seen it, go watch it immediately."Funny People" has a ton of cameo appearances by well known comedians & personalities like Sarah Silverman, Paul Reiser, Andy Dick, Ray Romano, Eminem, Aubrey Plaza, and easily 20 more I didn't recognize. It's a lot of fun to watch, just don't expect the movie to be as funny as the people that are cast in it. "Funny People" is a serious drama with a funny twist.