Movie Review: 'Trainwreck'

Comedienne Amy Schumer and director Judd Apatow have teamed up for the new comedy "Trainwreck." Time Warner Cable News' movie critic Neil Rosen filed the following review.

Amy plays a single gal in New York City, who's a writer for a cheesy men's magazine. She drinks too much, has lots of one night stands and often does the walk of shame back to her apartment the next morning.

But life changes for Amy when she meets a nice sports doctor played by Bill Hader. They hit it off and fairly quickly he decides that he wants to have a grown-up, monogamous relationship with her. But Amy is commitment-phobic and the thought of changing her promiscuous ways and being committed to only one person freaks her out.

This is the first Judd Apatow movie that he just directed and didn't write. But even though Amy Schumer gets sole writing credit, I think he must have tweaked the script as there are many lines here that are really Apatowesque.

"Trainwreck" has many laughs, but I will warn you that it's also very raunchy. I don't mind that if it's cleverly done and some scenes are hilarious. But other sexually oriented segments seem to be there just for shock value, are rather obvious and are not that funny.

Amy Schumer is fun for a time, but she gets a bit tiring and wears out her welcome midway through. She does redeem herself though, in a great scene, which I can't reveal at the films end.

Bill Hader gets the job done and he's fine. But he's not a great romantic lead. Tilda Swinton, Colin Quinn and Brie Larson are quite good in supporting roles. Plus, NBA star LeBron James is a riot, playing against type, shedding his macho image.

Overall. this is a good comedy, just not a great one. It's not in the same league as Apatow's "40 Year Old Virgin," "Funny People," or "Bridesmaids," which he produced - all of which had more laughs and more heart. But Trainwreck is still better than 90 percent of what passes for comedy these days in movie theatres.