Now, I have not seen 'Funny People' yet. I cannot form the pretense of an opinion over the film yet. But I submit, this is not a review. This is a hateful, repellent, and poorly written assault, both personal and professional, of the entire cast of the film (the remarks about Adam Sandler in a swimsuit is particularly alarming in it's random terror). I ask the New York Observer to defer payment to Rex Reed for his 'work'; he does not deserve a paycheck for bile, nonetheless under-written and tangential bile, under the guise of a film review.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Rex Reed: A Funny Person
Upon visiting Rotten Tomatoes the other day for advance word on the new Judd Apatow-directed film 'Funny People', I came across a particularly vile, even forcefully hateful review of the film by New York Observer senior critic Rex Reed.
Now, I have not seen 'Funny People' yet. I cannot form the pretense of an opinion over the film yet. But I submit, this is not a review. This is a hateful, repellent, and poorly written assault, both personal and professional, of the entire cast of the film (the remarks about Adam Sandler in a swimsuit is particularly alarming in it's random terror). I ask the New York Observer to defer payment to Rex Reed for his 'work'; he does not deserve a paycheck for bile, nonetheless under-written and tangential bile, under the guise of a film review.
Now, I have not seen 'Funny People' yet. I cannot form the pretense of an opinion over the film yet. But I submit, this is not a review. This is a hateful, repellent, and poorly written assault, both personal and professional, of the entire cast of the film (the remarks about Adam Sandler in a swimsuit is particularly alarming in it's random terror). I ask the New York Observer to defer payment to Rex Reed for his 'work'; he does not deserve a paycheck for bile, nonetheless under-written and tangential bile, under the guise of a film review.
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I've never seen a Judd Apatow movie, and I don't plan to see this one. But I'm sure Rex Reed was accurate in his review of "Funny People," because 9 out of 10 movies put out by H'wood are as lame and pretentious as all get out.
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ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Hollywood productions are stiff and absolutely pretentious for the most part, but Judd Apatow's films are a brilliant exception to that rule - genuine and heartfelt, his films line sentiment and optimism with graphic sexual humor and are truly invested in character development. I think you would be surprised by how far most of his productions can go, and how respectful they can be to a mature audience, if you would ever spend a night with one of his first two films (I STILL have yet to see 'Funny People' due to lack of a theatre in my local area - sigh).
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