Trainwreck, starring the up and coming Amy Schumer who is known wildly from her raunchy and crass stand-ups but everyone knows her from the infamous joke on the behest of Steve-O and the awkward joke on Kim and Kanye, Amy Schumer is quickly becoming another Hollywood household that is why Judd Apatow took her under his wing much like Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and a whole lot more. One thing you should know about Judd Apatow as a director and this is for a fact, Judd's films are way too long, in this Trainwreck's case, it was one hour too long, some of the scenes were a tad stretchy and it made the movie a bit boring at times, the movie runs for 2 hours and for a rom-com that is way too long.
So, Trainwreck is about a dysfunctional writer named Amy who is notorious for drinking, getting high, having daddy issues and is a bit of a whore, well a whole lot of a whore, she sleeps around pretty easily which is an indication of her approval seeking behavior since her dad raised her poorly with the divorce and the sleeping around with women, so naturally being the eldest of two, Amy would follow the footstep of her father but in her heart she kinda resent her father for making her that way, it's like a love-hate situation, this is the kind of things I like from Judd Apatow, instead of making goody goody romantic comedy where it's all giggles and lovey dovey, he gives us real problems, real life situations that pull us into the movie even more. The point is we can all relate to his movies.
Like in one of the scenes, Amy, after she had sex with Aaron, the leading man played by Bill Hader (so refreshing to see Bill as a leading man role) gets annoyed with him for wanting to cuddle as they sleep and then she goes off on this rant about how she is a light sleeper and all that stuff which I can personally relate. I can't tell you how many times I stayed up all night just because my exes snored or just changing their sleep positions, that really bothers me a whole lot, I am an Uber light sleeper, I can even hear the AC whirling about, how do you expect me to fall asleep when you're snoring right to my ear, oh yes, girls snore, they snore loud! And I ended up resenting or hating the girl sleeping next to me just because she wouldn't let me sleep, it's very true, do not mess with a man's sleeping time.
One other thing for the ladies, please do not get too drunk so we can satisfy thoroughly, there was this one scene where Amy was sleeping when a guy was pleasuring her with his tongue, if you know what I mean, she was pretending to sleep of course but that's rude, no? I mean, I love getting down on women, my motto is "if you don't come, I don't come" but how can I make you come when you are too drunk to feel anything, just...don't drink!
My biggest gripe with this movie is John Cena, really, Judd? John "You Can't See Me" Cena, although he's in there just for a couple minutes but my gag reflex just goes off when I see this ridiculous Mark Wahlberg wannabee and what is up with LeBron "Bestie Bestie" James? I don't mind having King James as my best friend but an intervention? Protecting his bestfriend, Aaron by glaring at Amy? C'mon, would you believe that the real LeBron would ever do that?
Oh and as the title of this entry, you can see throughout the movie that Amy Schumer can't cry, I mean, yes this is like her first movie, isn't it? But at least put an effort with the crying, Brie Larson who playes Amy's sister can cry naturally and looks natural in this movie but it seemed like that Amy was really struggling to cry in this movie but I can give her pass, because this movie is likable all around. I approve of this movie and you should probably check it out, well if you have 2 hours to spend though, again, Judd, way too long.