Despite the fact that it was about 45 minutes too long, Judd Apatow's newest flick, Funny People, does what he does best: balances heart and humor, dealing with real emotions while making the audience collectively snort into their sodas. The all-star cast includes the ever-dimensional Adam Sandler, a semi-skeletal Seth Rogen, my personal favorite Jonah Hill, talented Apatow spouse Leslie Mann, Jason Schwartzmann and Eric Bana (both wonderfully obnoxious), as well as ridiculous cameos from Sarah Silverman to Eminem. There were less pee-your-pants moments than Knocked Up or Superbad, but clever lines ("Harry's getting old, they should call him Harold Potter"), together with the complexity of the tragi-comic form, come together into a leisurely rhythm that feels a lot like real life, only, well, funnier.
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