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This is a film about a comedic actor who is diagnosed with a serious and life threatening blood disorder and for a while stops seeing the funny side of life.
However, that all changes when he meets an aspiring stand up comic who he hires to be his new personal assistant, a job which entails everything from cooking breakfast to talking him to sleep.
Staring Adam Sandler as George Simmons and Seth Rogen as Ira Wright this film has all the elements need for a hilariously funny adventure, and it provides just that.
When George is diagnosed with the rare blood disorder he begins to realise that although he has an assortment of cool material possessions, he doesn't really have anything special in his life. He has a strained relationship with his family and the only woman he ever loved married another man.
When he believes he is going to die he throws caution to the wind and sets about trying to mend these relationships and make up for lost time. This would probably go a lot smoother for him if his former flame's new husband wasn't a carbon copy of him!
Although Sandler is incredibly funny in this film, what makes it special is Rogen's performance as a lovable screw-up who just can't seem to get things right, no matter how hard he tries. His love life and comedic performances never go the way he hopes because he lacks self-confidence, something George helps him to find during the course of the film.
Although this may not be the most intellectual film ever made and some of the jokes are quite low brow, it offers an insight into what it means to face your own mortality.
As in most of Sandlers films, he manages to mix the goofy comedy with a sense of tenderness that almost makes the fart jokes acceptable.
The only major criticism I have with the film is that it's too long, I feel like the same results could have been achieved if it was 40 minutes shorter. Nonetheless, it's an enjoyable way to spend a few hours and leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling at the end.
The film is due for release next month.
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