Make no mistake about it people. This is HARDLY a comedy. This is merely a drama wrapped in a comedic package. And the reason I stress the 'hardly' part is because it borderlines on both. It has some really great comedic scenes in it like the crying scene in the restaurant between George and Ira or the the fighting scene between Clarke and George which I think really captured the comedy of reality (which Apatow is really good at). However, that being said, what Apatow is NOT that great at is - for obvious reasons - drama. You can really tell that he had to try to capture the drama of this movie but also out-stepped his abilities in trying to make it funny as well as dramatic which at a lot of points didn't seem to pan out.
The good news is that this movie is worth watching. For many reasons I think you will find along the way (Apatow is never bad on capturing REAL human emotion). But whether or not this is a movie you will want to buy and own should all be based on what your thoughts of it were the first time you saw it.
All in all this is a movie worth spending your time with. I mean hey, you get to see Adam Sandler really trying to sing in this movie. That right there is worth the ticket.
The good news is that this movie is worth watching. For many reasons I think you will find along the way (Apatow is never bad on capturing REAL human emotion). But whether or not this is a movie you will want to buy and own should all be based on what your thoughts of it were the first time you saw it.
All in all this is a movie worth spending your time with. I mean hey, you get to see Adam Sandler really trying to sing in this movie. That right there is worth the ticket.