Amy Schumer's feature is set up as a anti-romantic comedy — as a child, her character Amy is indoctrinated by her philandering father that monogamy is unrealistic and spends her life getting drunk and having no-strings sex with mostly unintelligent men.
At which point she starts to fall for a sports doctor who she's writing a feature about.
Despite its relatively subversive beginning, by the end, the film falls into standard romantic comedy tropes. And at 122 mins, it's just too long.
But Schumer is just very funny and carries the whole film. Perhaps the biggest surprise is LeBron James, whose deadpan performance and comic timing is spot-on.
And to avoid a potential spoiler, I was astonished when I read the credits to see who had been playing Amy's boss.
At which point she starts to fall for a sports doctor who she's writing a feature about.
Despite its relatively subversive beginning, by the end, the film falls into standard romantic comedy tropes. And at 122 mins, it's just too long.
But Schumer is just very funny and carries the whole film. Perhaps the biggest surprise is LeBron James, whose deadpan performance and comic timing is spot-on.
And to avoid a potential spoiler, I was astonished when I read the credits to see who had been playing Amy's boss.
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