Apatow’s ‘This Is 40’ runs 40 minutes too long
Perhaps the title to Judd Apatow’s “This Is 40” has been shortened from the more accurate “This Is 40 Minutes too Long.”
That’s unlikely, though. Judd Apatow never shortens anything. In several alternate universes, the third act of “Funny People” still hasn’t ended.
In what is either a sequel or a spinoff, the supporting characters that Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann played in “Knocked Up” have become the leads, and the marital problems and middle-age anxieties of Pete and Debbie are now front and center.
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