This Is 40
2012 · 134 min
Directed by Judd Apatow. Written by Judd Apatow. Photographed by Phedon Papamichael. Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox.
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Critics 51% · audiences 50% · $68 million in the US and Canada on its first run · $21 million elsewhere · about 8.5 million tickets sold, 2.7% of the country
What they said about This Is 40
- 2012
This Is 40 is a comedy film about the hell of getting older in a place where aging naturally is the last taboo, and I only wish it lived up to that utterly inspired concept...every scene feels like an airbrushed composite of dozens of rambling takes, and 133 minutes is drainingly long for a story this sitcom-slight
— Robbie Collin, The Daily Telegraph - 2012
There are big laughs here, and smaller ones that sting. Rudd and Mann are a joy to watch, especially when their comic darts draw blood, as when Debbie tells
— Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
At the box office
By the end of its theatrical run, This Is 40 grossed approximately $67.5 million at the domestic box office, and approximately $20.5 million at the foreign box office, with a worldwide total of $88,058,786. While it had the lowest opening weekend for any of Apatow's films, it was a greater box-office success than his prior film, Funny People.