Watching ‘This is 40’ in Your 40s is Familiar, Sad, and Depressing

There are not a lot of laughs in this comedy

Universal Pictures

Because this is the way my mind works, I’ve wanted to rewatch This is 40 since I turned 40. Partly to judge the accuracy of the 2012 film, which I last saw when I was in my early 30s, and thus, still safely cocooned in the immortality of youth. It was easy to laugh at Paul…