Aubrey Plaza

Funny People (2009)

[4] This is the first miss for Judd Apatow, coming off a string of memorable comedy hits like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Funny People features the usual array of wacky Apatow characters, but the personality and relationship patterns are disappointingly familiar. Funny People is obviously an attempt to make a deeper, more sophisticated film, but in the end, the only thing …

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

[5] Two loser brothers are forced by their parents to bring dates to their sister’s wedding. Zac Efron and Adam Devine (mini-Jack Black) play the losers, channeling goofy male leads from every romantic comedy you ever saw. Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza are more interesting as their crude-n-rude chosen companions. Neighbors screenwriters Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen can’t avoid all the pitfalls of narrative rom-coms. We …