This Is 40 Trailer (2012)

Cast: John Lithgow, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow

Description: Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Funny People) brings audiences This Is 40, an original comedy that expands upon the story of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) from the blockbuster hit Knocked Up as we see first-hand how they are dealing with their current state of life.

Release Date: 12/21/2012

Genre: Comedy

Studio: Universal Pictures

Offical Website: http://www.Thisis40movie.com

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Release Dates:

Country	Release Type	Date
United States	Theatrical Wide Release	12/21/2012
United States	DVD/Blu-ray Release	3/22/2013

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12/21/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Overlong, unnecessarily sex-obsessed and downright nasty at times, This Is 40 feels haphazard and unfinished, despite a few moments of laugh-out-loud humor.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

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12/20/2012 @ 12:00 AM

There are moments of perception and sweetness, as per usual with Apatow movies. It's just too bad the movie's trajectory is formless and jokes built around petty marital resentments sometimes fall flat.

Claudia Puig, USA Today

With This Is 40, Apatow turns his audience into fitfully chuckling therapists, dealing with a raft of problems that aren't entirely sorted out.

Scott Tobias, NPR

There's a funny movie scratching at the edges of This is 40.

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

This Is 40 is a bull's-eye zeitgeist comedy, a movie in which everyone acts like real people but funnier.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

This Is 40 is messy. But see it for its honest insights, its laughs, and for the terror Mann's character, as a mom defending her emotionally wounded daughter, rains down on a toothy school kid who's been sending unflattering texts.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

There are a lot of loose ends and a few forced conclusions. But, then again, the acceptance of imperfection is Mr. Apatow's theme, so a degree of sloppiness is to be expected. That's life.

A.O. Scott, New York Times

This is too much like a $35-million smart phone filled with kids' pictures.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

I hate to say it, but if Judd Apatow wants to be a seriously funny filmmaker, he may have to leave home.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

We aren't used to comedies that make us squirm like this. That doesn't mean they aren't worth our time. This Is 40 is.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

This Is 40 turns out to be an opportunity squandered.

Rafer Guzman, Newsday

Apatow does a good job of charting the uncertain waters of marriage - the tears, the arguments, the moments of clandestine sex interrupted by children, and the love and affection that are often masked by more immediate frustrations.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

This is 40 is crude and dull, with a supporting cast that reminds you how utterly uninteresting the main characters are.

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald

As the movie goes on, the laughs are fewer and farther between, and for the last 30 minutes, not only did I not laugh, I wanted it to end so I could get back to my own boring but less precious life.

Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

The movie frequently shifts from comic to dramatic and back again, true to Apatow's whiplash style but also true to life.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

More like This Is Whiny.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Stupid freaking Judd Apatow, with his stupid freaking foul-mouthed and sentimental Hobbit-length comedies, his stupid freaking insistence on not only peopling them with his old comic cronies, but his wife and cursing kids.

Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The real problem with This Is 40 is its lack of truth, that Apatow wanted to express something about married life, and it eluded him.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The film has as much to say about family dynamics as a couple's wavering love.

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

At times This is 40 is brutally funny and brutally honest. Just as often, it's painfully shrill and unpleasant.

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

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12/19/2012 @ 12:00 AM

'This Is 40' isn't without flaws, it moves along nicely, and while it doesn't boast ... it does manage to be very consistently funny in a way that makes dramatic sense.

Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies