If you have yet to encounter Amy Schumer’s unregretful humor and honesty, Trainwreck may be her perfect debut into your life.
Trainwreck tells the story of a magazine writer, Amy (Amy Schumer), who has been taught since childhood that monogamy isn’t realistic. She continues to live by that moral, avoiding what she believes to be the restriction of a boring, committed life. Eventually, she meets the “perfect man” who makes her question all of her previous values.
This may seem like a typical chick flick where a girl meets a charming man who makes her question her life as she knows it. However, Schumer is not your typical chick.
Schumer has absolutely no filter. She always tells the truth about what it is like to be smart, hilarious and single and doesn’t hold back about her promiscuous sexuality.
“Trainwreck” was written by Schumer herself and is basically a movie version of her own image. The Amy in the movie hasn’t quite discovered herself, similar to the real life Amy we have gotten to know through Comedy Central.
Trainwreck has a similar plot to a lot of Schumer’s stand-up comedy shows and scenes she does on her own show, “Inside Amy Schumer,” which she also created, writes and stars in. She keeps her provocative mind and dirty jokes as the butt of Trainwreck, but also shows us a side to Amy Schumer we didn’t know existed.
Trainwreck follows the modern model of a romantic comedy, but shies away from the logic of a normal romantic comedy by offering the honesty that we are familiar with from Schumer. Instead of focusing on the relationship between Amy and Aaron like most romantic comedies do, Trainwreck focuses on the lessons that Amy learns from the relationship.
The film doesn’t justify Amy’s loose behavior but, instead, shows us that everyone is capable of being loved and can make positive changes in their lives. We watch as Amy learns to stop emotionally abusing herself and let others into her life.
Trainwreck also defies the laws of romantic comedy by providing strange celebrities with supporting roles such as LeBron James, John Cena and Daniel Radcliffe. Schumer understands the need to let other actors shine and contribute to the hilarity of the film.
Not only is Schumer gut-busting hilarious in the film, she isn’t too bad as an actor. She is no stranger to acting, which she so often does on Comedy Central.