Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 180
Fresh: 152 | Rotten: 28
With ample laughs and sharp performances, Forgetting Sarah Marshall finds just the right mix of romantic and raunchy comedy.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 5
With ample laughs and sharp performances, Forgetting Sarah Marshall finds just the right mix of romantic and raunchy comedy.
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In desperate need of a vacation after being unceremoniously dumped by his TV-star girlfriend, a man travels to a lavish Hawaiian resort to nurse his wounds and forget his heartache, only to discover that his ex and her handsome new boyfriend are currently staying at the exact same island hot spot. Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) may be just another struggling musician, but for the past six years he's been dating Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), one of the hottest stars on television. Sarah is
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Russell Brand
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Jonah Hill
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Paul Rudd
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All Critics (180) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (157) | Rotten (29) | DVD (18)
With pratfalls, yucks, a crying jag, and what is starting to seem like the requisite flash of nudity, Jason Segel becomes this year's adorably hapless movie schlub.
'Forgetting Sarah Foster': Judd Apatow's Latest Dick Flick
'Sarah Marshall' remains a film of glorious moments and memorable scenes, lovingly crafted characters and sparkling one-liners.
Jason Segel has what Nicolas Cage and Gene Wilder and a precious handful of other witty actors have: The ability to make egregious humiliation and painful neediness a source of limitless mirth.
Halfway through I realized that I'd lost most of my standards, maybe under my seat, and was enjoying the erratic evolution of the nonsense.
The cringingly wacky scenarios, offbeat characters and comic dialogue serve up a crowd-pleasing, laugh-filled experience.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall does fall under the Apatow umbrella, but writer and star Jason Segel is the real creative force here, creating a fresh, funny script.
So easy to relate to, but it's the film's unpredictable nature, great characters and hilarious script that makes it the comedy of the year.
An execrable movie that's incredibly uninspired.
If you go into this one with reasonable expectations, you should have a very, very good time at the theater.
One of the year's dingiest comedies
The comic effect goes limp fast and has little to do with the effort of Segel's Pete to win back the girlfriend of the title (Kristen Bell).
Ok, I give up. The Slackers win. In the last ten years, the Republican Party has had its revenge, the Nerds have had their revenge, and now the Slackers stand sloppy and tall. I stand poleaxed. The latest beating inflicted on my psyche is by Forgetting
the unrated cut of the film on DVD is definitely worth it
For a film that's been lauded for its daring display of full-frontal male nudity, I got the nagging feeling that it actually played things pretty safe.
...ultimately comes off as an affable piece of work that benefits from the uniformly engaging performances and inclusion of several genuinely hilarious bits of comedic silliness.
Judd Apatow's comedies are always watchable and sometimes hilarious, but with the latest to emerge under his aegis, I have to admit it is getting harder to defend them against the charge of misogyny.
Indeed, the film never veers into arch territory, possessing such affection for its characters that not one of them, not even Sarah Marshall, comes off as the bad guy.
Brand shows that top comedians, for all their limited range, can be decent actors in the right parts, a heightened sense of timing affording them an advantage in comic fare.
At its heart, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is about heartbreak, heartache, and all the other emotions that most men spend the majority of their energy trying to repress in an effort to appear strong.
It's got an engaging cast and enough laughs to compensate for some shortcomings.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall never quite attains the same comedic excellence of past Apatow projects, [but] it's still a really funny romantic comedy that is sure to gain a dedicated following of its own.
Audience Reviews for Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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- Sarah Marshall: Aldous... wake up.
- Aldous Snow: [snores]
- Sarah Marshall: Aldous... wake up... make love to me.
- Aldous Snow: Alright, you go on top though, cause I'm knackered.
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- Rachael: Oh, come on, Peter. I can see your vagina from here!
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- Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
- Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
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- Aldous Snow: I've heard women do fake orgasms, but I've never seen one. It really deeply upset me.
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- Aldous Snow: It's a little holiday with Hitler.
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- Surfing Instructor: I like her hair. I wonder if the carpet matches her pubes.
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