Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85% Amy Schumer's debut film - which was directed by comedy maestro Judd Apatow - was pretty much proclaimed as something akin to a modern comedy masterpiece when it was released; the critics went totally wild for it and Schumer was launched to global fame. Still, there's a sense that, with Trainwreck, the hype surrounding the film doesn't quite match up to the content. That's not to discredit Trainwreck for what it actually is: a highly watchable comedy movie with a very talented - and very funny - star at is core. There's also an excellent and unexpected "love interest" performance from Bill Hader, which is nice. But Trainwreck suffers for the same reasons that so many Apatow movies tend to suffer. It's too long, for one thing, and only half of the jokes really seem to hit their mark. There's also a sense of mainstreamification about the film, as though Schumer's voice - which is usually a lot cruder and brutally honest than it is here - has been quashed. Because, really, this is a rather conventional romantic comedy pretending to be something way more risque. In the end, it all feels a little too Judd Apatow and not quite enough Amy Schumer.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
