I saw this movie twice, once with my family and then again when I tagged along with some friends. I enjoyed the second viewing much more just because I prepared myself not to watch something laugh out loud funny. Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen star with other stand-up comedians in a pitch-black dark comedy. Despite the title of the movie and the fact that it follows five separate stand-up comedians, I had trouble recognizing this movie as a comedy. A main theme of the movie: comedians, employed to be funny, lead unhappy lives, is reflected differently, though consistently, through each character. As can be expected, there's a heaping helping of actual stand-up routines in this movie. It helps break up the action, which in all honesty gets to be a little depressing around the middle of the movie. Adam Sandler plays an angry comedic legend, which meshes well against Seth Rogan (who is marketed as not funny) showing his classic 'confused puppy' expressions.
Once I reconciled myself that this was not a movie about comedians that would make me ROFLMAO movie, I throughly enjoyed the dark situational humor, the various stand-up routines, and the well developed plot of the movie. That's why I give this 3.75 out of 5 Movie Ferrets!
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How did you give it 3.75 movie ferrets? Only 75% of a ferret? That just sounds kinda messy... I didn't think you were a ferret killer, John.
And now I wanna see the movie.
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