Funny People (2009) ★★★½

A sprawling, childish, overlong, unfocused, self-indulgent mess, “Funny People, ” is director Judd Apatow’s third effort at the helm. Funny thing is, in this particular case I’m not so sure all of those are bad things. Having ascended the ranks like a rocket without plans for reentry, comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandler), once a respected [...]