![]() ![]() Ava Sambora as Wendy, Sadie's best friend.Lena Dunham as Cat, one of Pete's employees.Chris O'Dowd as Ronnie, one of Pete's employees.Megan Fox as Desi, one of Debbie's employees.John Lithgow as Oliver, Debbie's father.Charlyne Yi as Jodi, one of Debbie's employees.Iris Apatow as Charlotte, their 8-year-old daughter.Maude Apatow as Sadie, their 13-year-old daughter.Leslie Mann as Debbie, Pete's wife and a shop owner.Paul Rudd as Pete, Debbie's husband and a record label owner.Īfter 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. She suggests he sign him to his label and they plan to talk to him as they finish watching the show. Sometime later, Pete and Debbie are watching a small concert with Ryan Adams performing. Pete and Debbie talk later he is actually thrilled about having a third baby, he doesn't feel trapped, so they reconcile. Pete gets into an argument with the driver of the car, who then punches him in the stomach.ĭebbie 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. Debbie and Larry go, finding he has cycled into a car door. Later, Pete overhears Debbie talking about her pregnancy, and rides out of the house on his bicycle in anger. Oliver then explains that his life is not perfect, and how he has always cared about her and loved her. Debbie argues with her dad about not spending enough time in her life, and how he is perfect. The couple is delighted when she starts using the same foul language they had used previously, and the principal dismisses them.Īt Pete's 40th birthday party, they argue about the money his dad wants from them. They later have to meet with the principal, but the couple denies everything Catherine accuses them of doing. Meanwhile, Pete and Debbie are having to deal with Sadie and Charlotte fighting all the time, resulting in arguments among the family. Later, Debbie meets up with Jodi, who confesses she stole the money to buy Oxycontin. Desi reveals she is able to afford nice things because she is also an escort. ![]() Afterward, Debbie drops Desi off at her house, finally confronting her about the missing money. Though flattered that he wants to have sex with her, she reveals that she is married, has two kids, and is pregnant. ![]() Debbie awkwardly finds out that one of the players wants to hang out with her and possibly sleep with her. Debbie and Desi meet several players from the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team there. 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. 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. Meanwhile, Debbie visits her gynecologist, discovering she is pregnant but decides not to tell Pete. Pete visits him, but is unsuccessful at giving him the news, and still agrees to give him more. She tells Pete he needs to stop lending his dad Larry money because it is hurting them financially. There they get high on marijuana cookies and fantasize out loud about ways they would kill each other.Īfter speaking with her friends Jason and Barb, Debbie decides to improve her marriage and family through exercise and becoming more connected with her father. For Debbie's 40th birthday, the couple goes on a romantic weekend to a resort. The couple also are having to deal with their daughters, 13-year-old Sadie and eight-year-old Charlotte. Pete's business is struggling financially as he promotes the reunion of Graham Parker & The Rumour. Pete owns his own record label, and friends Ronnie and Cat work with him. In the five years since Knocked Up, Debbie owns a boutique and Desi and Jodi work for her. In March 2022, Apatow was announced to be in early development of a third film, set 10 years later and titled This Is 50. 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. John Lithgow, Megan Fox, and Albert Brooks appear in supporting roles.įilming was conducted in mid-2011, and This Is 40 was released in North America on December 21, 2012. 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. This Is 40 is a 2012 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. ![]()
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