Trainwreck
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Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.
What critics thought
Critics largely embraced Trainwreck as a genuinely funny, if imperfect, collision between Amy Schumer's abrasive comedic sensibility and Judd Apatow's character-driven instincts — though several noted the tension between those two forces, with Apatow's conventional moralism and tendency toward bloat pulling against Schumer's sharper edges. Audiences were notably cooler than the critical reception suggests, making this a case where the press and the public diverged meaningfully.
“Beneath all of his bad-boy shtick, Apatow's always been a pretty conventional moralist. But Schumer gives their raunchy rom-com enough of her signature spikiness to prevent it from ever feeling predictable.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“There's nothing remotely fresh about this plotline (or the way Apatow, true to form, makes the movie 20 minutes longer than it should be), but Trainwreck works as comedy more often than it doesn't—and that's rare enough.”
Moira MacDonald·The Seattle Times
“Schumer raises Apatow's game beautifully. Her biting, pitch-black wit and his penchant for character-driven comedy go together like gin and tonic.”
New York Daily News
“Ultimately comes down in favor of mainstream girl-gets-boy in a way that Inside Amy Schumer might find a little dubious, but it never feels like Schumer is aggressively watering down her uniquely prickly brand of comedy for a mass audience.”
Alonso Duralde·The Wrap
“Judd Apatow's latest is rough around the edges, but his focus on a female protagonist refreshes a genre in sore need of change”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- severe
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Judd ApatowDirector
Amy SchumerAmy Townsend
Bill HaderDr. Aaron Conners
Brie LarsonKim
LeBron JamesLeBron James
Colin QuinnGordon Townsend
Mike BirbigliaTom
Evan BrinkmanAllister
John CenaSteven
Tilda SwintonDianna
Vanessa BayerNikki
Ezra MillerDonald
Randall ParkBryson
Jon BrionComposerAmy SchumerWriter
Jody Lee LipesCinematographyTrainwreck
Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.
What critics thought
Critics largely embraced Trainwreck as a genuinely funny, if imperfect, collision between Amy Schumer's abrasive comedic sensibility and Judd Apatow's character-driven instincts — though several noted the tension between those two forces, with Apatow's conventional moralism and tendency toward bloat pulling against Schumer's sharper edges. Audiences were notably cooler than the critical reception suggests, making this a case where the press and the public diverged meaningfully.
“Beneath all of his bad-boy shtick, Apatow's always been a pretty conventional moralist. But Schumer gives their raunchy rom-com enough of her signature spikiness to prevent it from ever feeling predictable.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“There's nothing remotely fresh about this plotline (or the way Apatow, true to form, makes the movie 20 minutes longer than it should be), but Trainwreck works as comedy more often than it doesn't—and that's rare enough.”
Moira MacDonald·The Seattle Times
“Schumer raises Apatow's game beautifully. Her biting, pitch-black wit and his penchant for character-driven comedy go together like gin and tonic.”
New York Daily News
“Ultimately comes down in favor of mainstream girl-gets-boy in a way that Inside Amy Schumer might find a little dubious, but it never feels like Schumer is aggressively watering down her uniquely prickly brand of comedy for a mass audience.”
Alonso Duralde·The Wrap
“Judd Apatow's latest is rough around the edges, but his focus on a female protagonist refreshes a genre in sore need of change”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- severe
- Intensity
- none
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Cast & Crew
Judd ApatowDirectorAmy SchumerAmy TownsendBill HaderDr. Aaron ConnersBrie LarsonKimLeBron JamesLeBron JamesColin QuinnGordon TownsendMike BirbigliaTomEvan BrinkmanAllisterJohn CenaStevenTilda SwintonDiannaVanessa BayerNikkiEzra MillerDonaldRandall ParkBrysonJon BrionComposerAmy SchumerWriterJody Lee LipesCinematographyRent & Buy