MovieAddict's Movie Review of This is 40

Rating of
2.5/4

This is 40

It's Judd Apatow! What were u expecting?
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/02/13

Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are your typical married couple whose marriage has lost its spark. They argue and fight a lot, but still connected and bonded from having two daughters pre-teen Sadie who is obsessed with technology (Iphone, Ipad, Ipod) and Lost Series and the younger Charlotte who is hell-bent on bothering her big sister.

Debbie has just turned 40 and doesn't want to admit it defiantly insisting that she is still only 38. (Really what woman wouldn’t lie about her age hahaha????) This midlife crisis leads to her questioning her relationship with Pete, who also has to face his own problems of dealing with a mooching father, Larry (Albert Brooks), on top of his emotional wife. Pete is a typical male, does not care about health or being 40, eats cupcakes, has a cholesterol over 300, and owns a record label but doesn't tell Debbie that it is hemorrhaging money.

Meanwhile Debbie is the struggling owner of clothing boutique store and the boss of an Asian girl Charlyne Li and the smokin' hot very sexy Megan Fox (Desi) who amazingly has suddenly acquired a high-priced apartment, new car and very expensive clothes…. and who Debbie suspects of stealing well over $12,000 of the store's merchandise. Jason Segel has a small part playing Debbie's trainer and John Lithgow plays Oliver, the absentee father of Debbie.

Some of the humor is "bathroom" style but the movie has several scenes that are truly laugh-out-loud funny as this relatable couple deal with the typical issues of aging like medical concerns, dietary awareness and kids.

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