Trainwreck the Movie: My Personal Review

So, let me start by saying that this movie is incredibly inappropriate and if you are not into inappropriate movies then do not read this any further. Inappropriate movies are not normally my cup of tea but it was one of the only interesting looking movies at the Theater and when we have a chance to go we take it! If you can get past the sex scenes, cursing, and general Rated R-ness then this is actually is a really great romantic comedy. SPOILER ALERT BELOW!

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The movie starts off with a montage of sketchy (but funny) scenes as the story introduces it's main character, Amy. Amy is a commitment scared individual who does not believe in monogamy, in a large part due to her father whom we see telling his daughters this. Well, as soon as someone doesn't want or believe in love...you know it is going to find them. Enter Mr. Right or Aaron in this movie, who is a sports doctor that Amy is forced to get to know in order to write a piece on him for the magazine company she works for.

I watched this Movie with my friend Nina and she hated it. I was totally puzzled by this because I really liked it. When I asked her why she told me that she did not find the main character likable...like at all. Well, I can see that for the first half of the movie.

Amy is inconsiderate and straight up rude to most people, a drunk, a possible drug addict, a really un-supportive and bullying sister, and is probably one of the most selfish people ever displayed in a movie. In fact, she IS the antagonist of the movie for the first 30 minutes.

That being said, you can also see a lot more going on with Amy if you look close enough. She is lost and has like zero self-confidence and this is why she treats everyone the way she does. You can only hurt someone if they let you close enough to do so. After the first half of the movie we see Amy slowly changing her mind about how she lives her life and even after trying her best to push Aaron away (and eventually succeeding) she fails at trying to go back to her old life and habits. After she has made her "fall from grace"...or further from grace since she certainly didn't start there...she realizes that even though she is scared she needs to fix her life and make amends to those she has hurt.

We then enter a montage of her getting rid of all of her alcohol and drugs and start trying to get her writing piece published that she wrote about Aaron. She did not really like the things she was writing for the magazine but stayed there because she did not have the courage or drive to try to do "real" writing somewhere else. After Aaron she does have the courage and succeeds in getting her work published and fixes her relationship with her sister and nephew. Then she knows she has to do something really big to show Aaron that she is willing to change to be with him. Earlier in the movie she puts down cheerleaders and what they do. So, with the help of a squad of cheerleaders that Aaron attends to as a doctor she puts on a few dance and cheer numbers (one of these being to Aaron's favorite song).

To me, Amy's transformation and willingness to change to save her relationships makes her a more likable person and left me rooting for Amy and Aaron to make it. Apparently this did not have the same effect on my friend.

The movie's poster reads "Trainwreck- We all Know One". I would argue that we all ARE train-wrecks, in our own ways of course. Everyone has baggage, everyone has problems, and everyone could improve in some way. Amy saw that she needed to make changes in her life and she set out to change them. Isn't that what we are all doing at the end of the day? Trying to be a better person and a little bit less of a Train-wreck?

Maybe I am reading WAY to much into a comedy/romance movie, but I really did like the message that this movie gave which is relationships are messy because people are messy and imperfect, but that everyone has the ability to change themselves. Maybe I only saw this in the movie because I am currently making changes in my life and trying to better myself. Who knows? Either way, if you watch Train-wreck just for the laughs or for some deeper meaning, it is an awesome movie and you should check it out! :D