Trainwreck
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostSara StewartJul 15, 2015
It’s very funny and sweet and even a little weepy, and it has maybe the best scene ever filmed of dirty talk gone wrong. In other words, it’s a Schumer/Apatow production — may there be more of them to come. Read full review
100
HitfixDrew McWeenyMar 16, 2015
Trainwreck is more than funny. It's also wise, and that hard-won wisdom makes this a can't-miss for anyone who feels bruised by love, but never beaten. Read full review
91
The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinMar 16, 2015
A protagonist of stunted emotional growth is simply assumed from Apatow at this stage, but Schumer’s perspective and voice translates to a wealth of gags that breathe new life into the idea. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 16, 2015
What’s energizing and exciting about Amy, especially when compared with the sexless cuties populating rom-coms, in which female pleasure is often expressed through shopping, is that her erotic appetites aren’t problems that she needs to narratively solve and vanquish. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJul 17, 2015
Trainwreck is anything but. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 16, 2015
As written by the brash, funny, and often vulgar comedienne Amy Schumer, Trainwreck is brash, funny, and often vulgar. Its raunchiness is a perfect match for the man who made "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up." Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJul 16, 2015
Amy Schumer is so scary-good in Trainwreck that it almost seems risky to speak her name. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 16, 2015
Sweet is not how Schumer wants Trainwreck to go down. She wants to explode rom-com clichés and replace them with something fierce and ready to rumble. Done. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 15, 2015
Trainwreck is all kinds of funny, and like any talent showcase worth its salt, the tone of the humor adjusts to suit the talents on screen. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 15, 2015
Trainwreck is my favorite romantic comedy of the year, and despite (or maybe because of) all its sharp edges and cynical set pieces, it’s a movie you want to wrap your arms around, or at least give a high five. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJul 15, 2015
Unlike many comic vehicles and just as many big-city romances, it’s a real, and ultimately rewarding, piece of work. A big-studio romantic comedy infused with actual human feeling is just as rare an accomplishment as the perfect comedy sketch. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJul 15, 2015
Beneath all of his bad-boy shtick, Apatow’s always been a pretty conventional moralist. But Schumer gives their raunchy rom-com enough of her signature spikiness to prevent it from ever feeling predictable. Read full review
82
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 16, 2015
While her debut as a screenwriter and leading lady doesn’t quite reach the outrageous heights of her TV work, Trainwreck remains hilarious and provocative, heralding what we can only hope will be a pot-stirring new voice on the big screen. Read full review
80
EmpireIan NathanAug 10, 2015
At times it feels as if five different films are going on at once, but Schumer’s whip-smart delivery and no-holds perkiness keeps it all in place. Just as her director wilfully mines his own life for laughs, there is a whole lot of Amy in Amy. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeAug 10, 2015
You forget how limited so many movies’ ideas of women are until Amy Schumer launches into an extended tampon joke: nothing is off-limits as she kapows through expectations of female characters. Read full review
80
Time OutCath ClarkeJul 21, 2015
Trainwreck, about a commitment-phobic NYC writer, is the funniest film of the summer — outrageous and out to make you think. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganJul 16, 2015
Apatow, working in his signature tone of sweet raunch, directs another writer's script for the first time, and the comedic marriage is a fruitful one. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 16, 2015
If you’re an Amy Schumer, you’ll be ecstatic to see her strut her stuff on the big screen in the mostly (about four-fifths) delightful sex comedy Trainwreck — and maybe a tad disappointed when the playbook turns out not to be entirely hers. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 16, 2015
What's nice is how smart the film is. Schumer gives a nod to plenty of other romantic comedies, not to make fun of them but to honor them. Being funny is hard work and she has put in the hours of toil. Read full review
80
SlateDana StevensJul 16, 2015
The rocky but loving relationships Amy has with her father and sister are every bit as important to the story as the connection she shares with her (would-be) boyfriend, and all three parts of her life affect and change one another, just like in—imagine that!—real life. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJacob HallJul 15, 2015
Trainwreck is rarely as laugh-out-loud funny as early Apatow or “Inside Amy Schumer,” but it is consistently amusing and constantly engaging. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJul 13, 2015
Is it robust and plain-speaking, proud of its comic swagger, or is there something tight-mouthed in its imperative, with a hint of “or else” hanging off the end? Either way, the life of Amy is dished up for our inspection. Read full review
80
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 13, 2015
With each new scene, Schumer manages to offer wonderful little surprises. It wasn't long before I found myself excited at the beginning of each new sequence in Trainwreck, just to see how Schumer would make me laugh next. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 9, 2015
Before it starts to lose steam in its third act, Trainwreck is a deft blend of laughs, romance and poignancy — not to mention one of Apatow’s most polished, mature works. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 16, 2015
Cutting through many of the easy signifiers found in bad-behavior comedies to get at what it actually feels like to be an intimacy-phobic mess, Trainwreck finds Judd Apatow putting his directing chops in service of Amy Schumer's deeply felt but cracklingly funny screenplay. Read full review
80
VarietyScott FoundasMar 16, 2015
A somewhat shaggy, frequently hilarious romantic comedy that, like much of Apatow’s best work, delicately balances irreverent raunch with candid insights into the give-and-take of grown-up relationships. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 17, 2015
As Aaron’s star patient and best friend, LeBron James is kind of wonderful playing a version of himself who’s sensitive, analytical and strangely stingy. It’s an inspired casting choice. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 16, 2015
Amy Schumer proves her cinematic bona fides in Trainwreck, a strikingly assured feature film debut in which she proves herself as authentic an actress as she is deft as a writer. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 16, 2015
A very entertaining romantic comedy, conventional on the surface while standing all sorts of genre clichés and gender assumptions discreetly on their heads. Its subversions are lower-case, embedded in the laughs, but they’re there and they matter. Read full review
75
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 16, 2015
Appropriately, the best jokes in Trainwreck are unprintable, or too winding to describe. Schumer's sexual vocabulary and observational skills get a workout, surrounded by an occasionally surprising cast of foils. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJul 16, 2015
Trainwreck doesn't try to reinvent the wheel so much as rotate the tires of comedy. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittJul 16, 2015
There's a lot thrown in here for two hours, and Apatow could easily have lost about 30 minutes of high jinks and gotten the point across that everybody has their somebody. Yet with Schumer driving the action, Trainwreck may be his most impactful ride yet. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 15, 2015
[Schumer’s] made this woman real, flawed, funny and carnal. Read full review
70
TimeLisa SchwarzbaumJul 13, 2015
In the way of most Apatow films, Trainwreck is a little too long, a little too shaggy and a little too conservative in insisting that all’s square in love and war. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJul 15, 2015
Trainwreck can be furiously funny. It just goes down too easy. It’s scared of its own sharp edges. The sly raging against the machine of Inside Amy Schumer has gone missing. Here, the rage, curiously, is turned inward. Read full review
60
CineVueJamie NeishAug 13, 2015
Schumer is a gifted comedienne and shines brightly when left to run riot, make former wrestlers cry and stick up for modern-day women (for most of the time). It's just a shame it doesn't stick to its guns as it could have really been something. Read full review
60
Total FilmMatt MaytumAug 10, 2015
Amy Schumer is a force to be reckoned with – but despite some belly laughs Trainwreck doesn’t quite transcend the romcom formula like the best of the genre. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJul 16, 2015
Amy the writer has tried to reconcile her gift for whip-smart, razor-sharp comedy sketches with the demands of a feature film. On the whole she hasn’t pulled it off — the movie veers sharply off track toward the end. Still, the sum of its most memorable parts is great fun. Read full review
60
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekJul 14, 2015
Schumer, writing and performing a character close to the one she’s been presenting to the public, may never be this funny again, but funny she is. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyJul 9, 2015
A lot of the subplots and surroundings, which push the running time to an ungainly two-hours-plus, feel more like ways of stalling for time. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJul 9, 2015
While there are things to quibble with, there is also so much to like, and Trainwreck is still an important film. The romantic comedy, which it ultimately becomes, has been a dying genre of late, and Schumer’s effort, while flawed, is a reminder of what can make the genre so likable Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 17, 2015
The overlong Trainwreck would have been better if it had derailed more often. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'HehirJul 16, 2015
Trainwreck is not very good, but Schumer is frequently amazing in it. Officially, her fans will not be disappointed; not far below the surface, it’s a bummer. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 16, 2015
Romantic comedies can go in all sorts of directions, but they depend on the audience’s believing that a couple should get together and stay together. But in Trainwreck, that belief is hard to come by. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonJul 16, 2015
The script doesn't revel in Amy's quite harmless flaws, or at least examine them in the spirit of benevolence. Read full review
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