I'm no WOO girl, and never have been, but I did relate very much to the idea of being a total trainwreck...
Trainwreck is the latest film from Judd Apatow of Bridesmaids, Knocked Up, and all the rest. The film was written by the very funny comedienne Amy Schumer. 'Tis the year of Schumer.
Trainwreck is about a party girl, Amy, who doesn't believe in monogamy and doesn't really take anything in life very seriously...until she meets Bill Hader (playing a fancy sports doctor). It's Bill Hader, so, of course, she falls in love and learns to embrace monogamy...it's Bill Hader.
This movie has a stellar cast. Stand up fans will be delighted to play spot the comic throughout. We're talking Colin Quinn (who is EXCELLENT), Dave Attell, Mike Birbiglia, Leslie Jones, Marina Franklin...
Sports fans will be likewise delighted to spot LeBron James, and many other famous tall athletes, whom I couldn't identify if I tried.
LeBron, by the way, is really really good! It's nice when an athlete can deliver his lines sounding like a real person talking. Good job, LeBron!
My only issue with this film is that as a romantic comedy it does fall back on a lot of the old heteronormative 'monogamy is best' tropes. For this reason I can't give it a 5.
Feminists might take issue with the cheer number at the end, but I liked it and think all movies should have a dance sequence.
Honestly, I laughed so hard the whole row was shaking.
4/5