Talk:Funny People

some possible relationship to jim carrey and dangerfield?
there have been some buzz around how some of this story relates how dangerfield helped jim carrey. Is this true? At 14 years old carrey performed at yuk=yuks and dangerfield was there that night. Watched him and loved carrey so much he told him to open his act for him during his tour during the summers. This relationship went on for quite a few years until carrey got onto living color. 67.167.180.64 (talk) 17:37, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

cancer
can there be something about how adam sandler gets cancer in this movie? i wouldn't have seen this movie if i knew that was in there, so please add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.54.193 (talk) 22:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

He doesn't get cancer in this movie, so no. Blsupr (talk) 00:44, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * His getting cancer and then having it go into remission is what kicks the entire plot off. 38.72.131.139 (talk) 23:02, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Locations in LA and SF
is there an Otto's Market?

Where is the house that Adam Sandler lives in (Malibu, Hollywood Hills)?

Where is the hiking trail that the 3 roommates go to that has a view of the famous Hollywood Sign? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.219.62 (talk) 06:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Why dont you look on IMDB and see if there are location references. Nobody wants to do research just for your personal benefit! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.82.154 (talk) 03:17, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

biased reception
Not sure who wrote the Critical Reception section, but the amount of favoritism towards the film is apparent with the number of positive reviews compared to negative. 67% fresh isn't that great (granted it IS fresh I guess), and if its 47% rotten among top critics I would probably state early on that it received "mixed reviews" at the VERY LEAST. Sptmaster (talk) 08:33, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The section is not too bad, but it could benefit from a negative review explaining why a critic did not like the the film. Erik (talk | contribs) 13:42, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

plot
As Laura drives to the airport, Ira isn't seen in the car and then Laura looks like she's having an orgasm. Did no one else cop on to the fact that its Ira down there? Surely, that's an important plot point! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macy9 (talk • contribs) 10:46, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Complete mis-reading of the movie. Ira drove himself to the airport, trying to catch Laura and talk her out of her plan to break it off with her husband. Raymondwinn (talk) 11:29, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Not based on The Great Gatsby
I am deleting the reference to TGG. I am familiar with both works, and can see NO identifiable basis. It would be more logical to state that the movie is based on Jeff Goldblum's The Tall Guy where the successful comedian (Rowan Atkinson) is a jerk in real life. Unless somebody can come up with a reference where Apatow claims that he is re-writing TGG into an Adam Sandler-type movie, that bit should stay deleted. Raymondwinn (talk) 11:29, 3 July 2010 (UTC) While it is not a re-writing of the Great Gatsby into an Adam Sandler-type movie, the similarity of the characters (compare Ira to Nick-- almost all major characters have some analog to the Great Gatsby). However, the movie is not an adaptation, but rather inspired by the Great Gatsby. Therefore, some portion of the article should discuss the similarities, and inform that the movie is not a direct adaption. 66.9.60.60 (talk) 16:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Eminem?
Why is he here on this article? He was in the film but you might as well put Adam Sandler or Seth Rogen links too. Im deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.10.67.7 (talk) 05:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

poorly written plot
This plot summary is way too long. It's also incredibly hard to follow. I suggest a rewrite.

More importantly however, the current plot summary goes out of its way to mention specific dialogue that the author obviously found funny enough to mention in a Wikipedia article... but it has no place here. - tbone (talk) 20:19, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Also of note is the fact that the author "puts" far too many "things" in quotation marks, apparently assuming that "slang terms" need to be identified in this way.  Thirtysilver (talk) 20:11, 8 November 2010 (UTC)