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Trainwreck (2015)

Trainwreck poster
Directed by
Judd Apatow
Genre
comedy film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 2,735 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hard-drinking and casually promiscuous magazine writer finds herself in her first serious relationship with a kind orthopedic surgeon. She must navigate her own fears of commitment and her family's dysfunction as she tries to make the relationship work.

raunchyfast-pacedemotionally honestsillywarmunpredictablefrankromanticcomedic

What happens

Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic sex comedy film directed and co-produced by Judd Apatow and written by and starring Amy Schumer, alongside Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Tilda Swinton, and NBA star LeBron James, with Vanessa Bayer, Ezra Miller, Mike Birbiglia, and Norman Lloyd in supporting roles. The film is about a hard-drinking, promiscuous, free-spirited magazine writer named Amy Townsend (Schumer) who has her first serious relationship with a prominent orthopedic surgeon named Aaron Conners (Hader). The film received positive reviews from critics, praising the performances of Schumer, Hader, James, while also praising the screenplay. Principal photography began on May 19, 2014, in New York City. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 17, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The film won several awards and was nominated for numerous others, including two Golden Globe Awards (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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