Description: This Is 40 is a 2012 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. A "sort-of sequel" to Apatow's 2007 film Knocked Up, the movie centers on married couple Pete (Rudd) and Debbie (Mann), characters introduced in the previous film, whose stressful relationship is compounded by each turning 40. John Lithgow, Megan Fox, and Albert Brooks appear in supporting roles.Filming was conducted in mid-2011, and This Is 40 was released in North America on December 21, 2012. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its cast, acting (particularly Mann, Rudd and Fox) and the film's comedic moments and perceptive scenes, but criticized its overlong running time and occasional aimlessness. In March 2022, Apatow was announced to be in early development of a third film, set 10 years later and titled This Is 50.PlotIn the five years since Knocked Up, Debbie owns a boutique and Desi and Jodi work for her. Pete owns his own record label, and friends Ronnie and Cat work with him.Pete's business is struggling financially as he promotes the reunion of Graham Parker & The Rumour. The couple also are having to deal with their daughters, 13-year-old Sadie and eight-year-old Charlotte. For Debbie's 40th birthday, the couple goes on a romantic weekend to a resort. There they get high on marijuana cookies and fantasize out loud about ways they would kill each other.After speaking with her friends Jason and Barb, Debbie decides to improve her marriage and family through exercise and becoming more connected with her father. She tells Pete he needs to stop lending his dad Larry money because it is hurting them financially. Pete visits him, but is unsuccessful at giving him the news, and still agrees to give him more. Meanwhile, Debbie visits her gynecologist, discovering she is pregnant but decides not to tell Pete. Later, she yells at a student, Joseph, who has been taunting Sadie on Facebook – so much so that his mother, Catherine, gets into an argument with Pete.One night between the school taunting sequences, Debbie takes Desi out dancing at a club, planning to confront her with her suspicions that she has been stealing money from the store. Debbie and Desi meet several players from the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team there. Debbie awkwardly finds out that one of the players wants to hang out with her and possibly sleep with her. Though flattered that he wants to have sex with her, she reveals that she is married, has two kids, and is pregnant. Afterward, Debbie drops Desi off at her house, finally confronting her about the missing money. Desi reveals she is able to afford nice things because she is also an escort.Later, Debbie meets up with Jodi, who confesses she stole the money to buy Oxycontin. She fires her and leaves. Meanwhile, Pete and Debbie are having to deal with Sadie and Charlotte fighting all the time, resulting in arguments among the family. They later have to meet with the principal, but the couple denies everything Catherine accuses them of doing. The couple is delighted when she starts using the same foul language they had used previously, and the principal dismisses them.At Pete's 40th birthday party, they argue about the money his dad wants from them. Debbie argues with her dad about not spending enough time in her life, and how he is perfect. Oliver then explains that his life is not perfect, and how he has always cared about her and loved her. Later, Pete overhears Debbie talking about her pregnancy, and rides out of the house on his bicycle in anger. Debbie and Larry go, finding he has cycled into a car door. Pete gets into an argument with the driver of the car, who then punches him in the stomach.Debbie and Larry take Pete to the hospital, where Larry and Debbie reconcile, with Larry recognizing that she is why the family is able to stay together, as she is the fighter. Pete and Debbie talk later; he is actually thrilled about having a third baby, he doesn't feel trapped, so they reconcile.Sometime later, Pete and Debbie are watching a small concert with Ryan Adams performing. She suggests he sign him to his label and they plan to talk to him as they finish watching the show.After the main credits roll, there's an extended alternate take of Catherine's ad-libbing insults during the meeting with Debbie, Pete, and the school principal.CastPaul Rudd as Pete, Debbie's husband and a record label ownerLeslie Mann as Debbie, Pete's wife and a shop ownerMaude Apatow as Sadie, their 13-year-old daughterIris Apatow as Charlotte, their 8-year-old daughterJason Segel as Jason, Debbie's trainerCharlyne Yi as Jodi, one of Debbie's employeesTim Bagley as Dr. Pellegrino, Debbie's gynecologistJohn Lithgow as Oliver, Debbie's fatherAlbert Brooks as Larry, Pete's fatherMegan Fox as Desi, one of Debbie's employeesChris O'Dowd as Ronnie, one of Pete's employeesMelissa McCarthy as CatherineRyan Lee as JosephLena Dunham as Cat, one of Pete's employeesRobert Smigel as Barry, Pete's friendAnnie Mumolo as Barb, Debbie's friendJoanne Baron as Mrs. LaviatiAva Sambora as Wendy, Sadie's best friendMichael Ian Black as Bank ConsultantBill Hader as Desi's hook up customer (un-credited)Billie Joe Armstrong as himselfGraham Parker as himselfRyan Adams as himselfTom Freund as himselfBob Andrews as himselfBrinsley Schwarz as himselfMartin Belmont as himselfAndrew Bodnar as himselfSteve Goulding as himselfCameosScott HartnellIan LaperriereJames van RiemsdykMatt CarleWyatt RussellReleaseThis Is 40 was originally scheduled to be released on June 1, 2012. In May 2011, Universal postponed the release to December 2012, allowing the studio to use that date for their release of Snow White & the Huntsman; the Snow White film was seen as better competition with a rival 2012 Snow White film project, Mirror Mirror, by Relativity Media.The premiere for This Is 40 was held on December 12, 2012 at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, in Los Angeles. The film was released on December 21, 2012, opening in 2,912 locations nationwide.
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Studio: Apatow Productions, Universal Pictures
Format: DVD
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Release Year: 2012
Language: English
Actor: Paul Rudd
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Movie/TV Title: This Is 40
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Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: Jon Brion
Sub-Genre: Drama
Cinematic Movement: Comedy Drama
Director: Judd Apatow
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Edition: Promo
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: Movie
Producer: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
Genre: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Run Time: 133 minutes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States