Review Roundup: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader Star in TRAINWRECK

AMY Schumer stars in the new comedy film TRAINWRECK. Directed by Judd Apatow and written by AMY Schumer, TRAINWRECK follows the story of a commitment-phobic, career-driven woman who may have to face her fear of love when she meets a nice guy.

TRAINWRECK stars AMY Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, and LeBron James.

Let's see what the critics had to say!

Manohla Dargis, The New York Times: The movie, which was directed by Judd Apatow from her script, is often extremely funny, even if it never approaches the radicalness of [Amy Schumer's] greatest, most dangerous work. Mr. Apatow's talent as a movie director is opening up a space on screen in which comic performers (and some total stiffs) can be effortlessly funny together. In "Trainwreck," he creates a roomy, comfortable vehicle stuffed with second bananas (both professional zanies and guest-starring squares), who support Ms. Schumer as she tosses out jokes, pops her eyes, deploys her deadpan and shows off her gift for old-school physical high jinks, often in heels and minis.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Sweet is not how Schumer wants Trainwreck to go down. She wants to explode rom-com clichés and replace them with something fierce and ready to rumble. Done.

Scott Foundas, Variety: [Schumer is] the screwed-up, screwball heroine at the center of a somewhat shaggy, frequently hilarious romantic comedy that, like much of Apatow's best work, delicately balances irreverent raunch with candid insights into the give-and-take of grown-up relationships. The change in scenery (New York from Los Angeles) and gender emphases serves Apatow well, as does Schumer's excitingly original comic voice, which should spell a critical and commercial rebound for the comedy impresario, following the mixed fortunes of his more sober, semi-autobiographical "Funny People" and "This Is 40."

Joanna Robinson, Vanity Fair: Stop me if you've heard this one before. Pretty blonde woman works for a glossy New York magazine. Girl meets nice boy who works in sports. Girl loses boy. Girl concocts romantic gesture to get boy back. Sounds familiar, right? That's the plot ofTrainwreck but, trust me, this movie is like nothing you've seen before. Comedian Amy Schumer has come for the romantic comedy genre, and it will never be the same.

Benjamin Lee, The Guardian: While there are things to quibble with, there is also so much to like, and Trainwreck is still an important film. The romantic comedy, which it ultimately becomes, has been a dying genre of late, and Schumer's effort, while flawed, is a reminder of what can make the genre so likable. It is also refreshing to see a woman, sick of generic female roles, write one for herself that's rooted in reality. As with her TV show, Schumer has challenged the entertainment industry's staid perception of her gender. And while it doesn't go anywhere quite so radical, Trainwreck is an enjoyable trip in the right direction.

Sara Stewart, New York Post: But this is Apatow country, which means family and order triumph. I found myself wishing Amy's singleness, and shameless non-monogamy, didn't have to be chalked up to fatherly indoctrination and solved like a problem. In the grand scheme, though, "Trainwreck" is a corrective to a lot of outdated clichés. It's very funny and sweet and even a little weepy, and it has maybe the best scene ever filmed of dirty talk gone wrong. In other words, it's a Schumer/Apatow production - may there be more of them to come.

Jacob Hall, New York Daily News: The title may imply disaster, but "Trainwreck" is anything but. This raunchy rom-com is a high-speed rail line transporting director Judd Apatow back into relevance and writer/star Amy Schumer to the top of the A-list.

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: Trainwreck isn't so radical that it subverts the formulaically feel-good ending implied in its setup. Beneath all of his bad-boy shtick, Apatow's always been a pretty conventional moralist. But Schumer gives their raunchy rom-com enough of her signature spikiness to prevent it from ever feeling predictable. She's created a decidedly new kind of screwball heroine­-one who isn't ashamed of screwing, or screwing up.

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Schumer has never had anything like a leading film role, but self-revealing stand-up and a TV series have limbered her up for the job. If she doesn't have quite the range of some other nascent stars Apatow has worked with, her writing makes up for it, and she's comfortable enough with the director's trademark improvisation that Trainwreck plays as if it were fully scripted. Structurally, this is one romance whose brief period of crisis emerges less from a need to generate false drama than from insight into a woman who has practiced being a bad girl for so long she can't believe she'd be good for someone.

Pete Hammond, Deadline: Ultimately, though, this is Schumer's cinematic coming-out party, and she delivers, not only as a writer but a star. It is fun summertime, very R-rated stuff for adults who might not be into ant men or minions.

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