This Is 40

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  • Opened December 21, 2012 
  • 2 hr 14 min
  • R | Pervasive Language, Crude Humor, Sexual Content and Some Drug Material

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • After many years of marriage, Pete (Paul Rudd) is the sole male in a household that includes his wife, Debbie (Leslie Mann), and two young daughters (Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow). As Pete struggles to keep his record label afloat, he and Debbie navigate a three-week course of sex and romance, career victories and financial hardships, aging parents and maturing children. They'll have to learn to forgive, forget and enjoy the rest of their lives -- before they kill each other. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, Chris O'Dowd
  • Director: Judd Apatow
  • Genres: Comedy

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Must Go!
Worth seeing--very funny, light on plot, but who cares?

by Jimojimo

Well worth seeing. Very funny consistently. Long movie, but there were not too many slow moments--there were always enough good laughs spaced into the one section where pacing got a bit slow, but...

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What was that???

by dgblock

What was this? I wanted to walk out after 30 minutes but felt that for $10, maybe this movie would get better. Nope. It was disjointed and all over the place. Sure, there were funny moments but that...

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Pass on -- This is 40

by joelfrixx

There were very few funny parts in this movie. For the most part it was just a couple fighting non stop. If I want to see that I can watch my neighbors for free...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

This Is 40 isn't always hilarious, but it's ticklishly honest and droll about all the things being a parent can do to a relationship. And why it's still worth it. Read full review

75
Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

That's what makes This Is 40 so potently, painfully funny, even when it's gross. What other film would dare suggest rectal monitoring as a form of closeness? Read full review

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

In short, This Is 40, in tried and true Apatowian style, mixes weighty issues about intimacy and cohabitation with astute and smart-alecky pop culture references, crude bathroom jokes, stoner riffs, boob ogling, and existential angst. Read full review

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NPR
| Scott Tobias

Calling it a mess would be both accurate and pointless, because a tidier comedy would squeeze the life out of this vital, generous blob of a film. Read full review

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Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in "This Is 40."