Trainwreck
First screened in July 2015
Director: Judd Apatow. Cast: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, LeBron James, Dave Attell, John Cena, Evan Brinkman, Mike Birbiglia, Tilda Swinton, Randall Park, Vanessa Bayer, Jon Glaser, Ezra Miller, Amar'e Stoudemire, Method Man, Norman Lloyd, Daniel Radcliffe, Marisa Tomei, Keith Robinson, Marina Franklin, Josh Segarra, Devin Fabry, Carla Oudin, Marv Albert, Matthew Broderick, Chris Evert, Leslie Jones, Tim Meadows. Screenplay: Amy Schumer. Twitter Capsule:
Is she really a trainwreck? Apatow's dubious craftsmanship and obnoxious ideology hamper this, despite killer moments.
VOR:③
Many of the aspects I disliked, including tensions between writer's and director's sensibilities and clunky kowtow to family values, make it a prompt for trenchant discussion.
