The stars of Trainwreck Amy Schumer and Bill Hader visited Australia from the US to promote this film and promote they did! It seems like they were on every TV show, radio show, print publication and blog in town.
So when the celebs come to town and your favourite hosts on The Today Show, Nova, The Project etc interview them, you know they pretend to have liked the movie even when they thought it was crap, right?! I mean, I get it, it would be super awkward if Karl Stefanovic said on national TV to Angelina Jolie "This movie is really terrible... did you get that feeling as you were making it or did it only become clear when you watched the finished product?"
So when everyone in the media was raving about Trainwreck, I wondered whether to believe the hype.
BELIEVE THE HYPE, PEOPLE!
I wanted to love this film because I love Amy Schumer, an accomplished stand-up comic, who wrote the film and stars as the leading lady; a character based on herself of many years ago. And I did love it, damn it!
It's laugh-out-loud-funny (including some great slapstick humour which I personally love) but more than that, which I confess I was surprised by. I cried at the heartfelt moments and not just an attractive tear rolling down the cheek 'cry' but actual red-face crying.
Amy and Bill are both so great in this but you want a surprise package? Check out basketballer LeBron James as himself! An excellent and seemingly effortless performance. Also Tilda Swinton who is barely recognisable but also excellent, as always.
Finally, any film that acknowledges that Billy Joel's Uptown Girl is a bloody awesome song gets my tick of approval.
If you don't get to the movies very often but enjoy a laugh, make this one happen!
Check out this four star review in the New York Post if you want to know more.
Trailer here.
(Opens 6 August in Australia but keep an eye out for sneak preview screenings in the meantime.)