After reading some negative comments on this title, I had to defend it. I laughed a lot! It is a parody, hyperbolic but very realistic portrait of a middle class couple entering their 40s, which is not to be taken literally. I am just there, and although I do not feel identified 100%, all the situations are somehow in my life, at least as a possibility. These are the issues our generation is facing, and that is how our generations is behaving and living. If part of the audience feels ashamed and disgusted (with all due respect) is because they feel so close. In all Apatow's works we see a hyperbolic parody of life: Girls, Knocked Up, The 40 year-old Virgin, etc. I think it is very healthy to watch this caricaturised reflection, laugh at it, and try to avoid it!
Review of This Is 40
