Amy and Kim get a lesson on impracticality of Monogamy from their dad at a very young age and Amy takes it a bit too seriously and grows up practicing monogamy until she meets a sports injury specialist doctor Aaron. As both of them start developing feelings, Amy’s wayward lifestyle and moments of indecision between the couple create a of plethora problems that she has to wade off on her path to normalcy, which are accounted in detail by the rest of the movie.
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Language:
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English
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Running Time:
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125 min
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Rating:
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R
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Release date:
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17 July 2015
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Directed by:
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Judd Apatow
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Produced by:
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Judd Apatow
Barry Mendel
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Written by:
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Amy Schumer
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Starring:
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Colin Quinn
Amy Schumer
John Cena
Brie Larson
Bill Hader
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Music by:
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Jon Brion
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Shot by:
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Jody Lee Lipes
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Editing by:
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William Kerr
Peck Prior
Paul Zucker
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Distributed by:
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Universal Pictures
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What’s Hot
- Amy Schumer fits the bill of an insecure young woman who is in a real relationship for the first time of her life and her acting in the scenes where she desperately wants her relationship with Bill Hader to end are nothing short of impressive. The scenes where they fight and try to resolve their differences were also quite enjoyable.
- The emotional scenes involving the sisters when their Dad dies worked really well for being so natural. Those showing an emotionally wrecked Amy were equally moving and the screenplay was well conceived to include them at the right moments to avoid overdose of and prevents monotony.
- The dialogues in quite a few places were outright hilarious like the little pep talk the father gives to the two daughters at the very beginning while he breaks the news of his divorce. The ones between the sisters as they discuss Amy’s troubles also bear a touch of humour to divert the unhappiness.
What’s Not
- The movie does not do enough to earn being categorized as a comedy for its sheer lack of a good share of really funny scenes, leave alone LOL moments that are required to reach that standard. The attempts at humour by the lead cast did not come off as expected and made the movie damp.
- The initial episodes in Amy’s life to show her flawed lifestyle were mere turnoffs with tasteless sexual innuendos. Especially the short sequences featuring John Cena in bed with Amy and at the theatre talking dirty to a black guy stuck out like a sore thumb and virtually added zero value to the story.
- The ending was too dramatic and seemed a wee bit hurried and looked like a desperate bid to bring the story to a conclusion by transforming one of the characters overnight without establishing the customary platform that would enable the transformation.
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