Apatow's fourth directorial effort, the "Knocked Up" spin-off "This Is 40", was released by Universal Pictures on December 21, 2012, starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as the characters Pete and Debbie (reprising their roles from "Knocked Up") and had original music by Graham Parker and The Rumour (who play themselves). The film received mostly positive reactions from critics, with "The New Yorker"s Richard Brody writing that "This Is 40" is "the stuff of life, and it flows like life, and, like life, it would be good for it to last longer."