Funny You Should Ask

I know it's been out forever now, but I just saw Funny People (the unrated version) and I thought it was a terrific movie. First of all, Adam Sandler is amazing, playing a dark and downright unlikable character that pretty much takes the piss out of his own career, while celebrating said career at the same time. Seth Rogen is my new boyfriend—I'm all about the smart, self-deprecating dorky dudes who are exuberantly idealistic at heart. Sigh. And all the satellite characters were allowed to be quirky without becoming ridiculous caricatures. One of the best scenes is when Adam Sandler the big comedy star, comes to have Thanksgiving dinner in the apartment with all the young comedians who are still trying to get their big break, and makes a toast about them one day looking back and remembering this as the best it's ever been. It really reminded me of Thanksgiving dinners in Whistler, all of us scrunched shoulder to shoulder around a bunch of little tables lined up in a row on a mishmash of chairs, stools and rubbermaid containers‚ that feeling of being young and more than a little crazy, and that everyone else in the room understands. There's nothing quite like raising your glass in a room of people that all understand. Cheers.