Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Bob Mondello

NPR.org

Top Critic

'Forgetting Sarah Foster': Judd Apatow's Latest Dick Flick

May 22, 2008 Full Review

Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

Top Critic

'Sarah Marshall' remains a film of glorious moments and memorable scenes, lovingly crafted characters and sparkling one-liners.

April 25, 2008 Full Review

Tom Huddleston

Time Out

Top Critic

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.

April 18, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

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.

April 18, 2008 Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

The cringingly wacky scenarios, offbeat characters and comic dialogue serve up a crowd-pleasing, laugh-filled experience.

April 18, 2008 Full Review

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

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.

October 14, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

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.

August 29, 2012 Full Review

Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

An execrable movie that's incredibly uninspired.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Ben Rawson-Jones

Digital Spy

If you go into this one with reasonable expectations, you should have a very, very good time at the theater.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Jeff Otto

Dark Horizons

One of the year's dingiest comedies

August 26, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

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).

April 23, 2009 Full Review | Comments (7)

Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

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

February 2, 2009 Full Review | Comments (14)

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

the unrated cut of the film on DVD is definitely worth it

January 13, 2009 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

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.

November 21, 2008 Full Review

Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

...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.

October 24, 2008 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Mike Goodridge

Screen International

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Jay Richardson

Future Movies UK

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

It's got an engaging cast and enough laughs to compensate for some shortcomings.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Jason Zingale

Bullz-Eye.com

• 1. Sarah Marshall: Aldous... wake up.
  2. Aldous Snow: [snores]
  3. Sarah Marshall: Aldous... wake up... make love to me.
  4. Aldous Snow: Alright, you go on top though, cause I'm knackered.
  – Submitted by Kelly E (3 months ago)
• 1. Rachael: Oh, come on, Peter. I can see your vagina from here!
  – Submitted by Kelly E (3 months ago)
• 1. Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you?
  2. Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.
  – Submitted by Kelly E (3 months ago)
• 1. Aldous Snow: I've heard women do fake orgasms, but I've never seen one. It really deeply upset me.
  – Submitted by Anya T (9 months ago)
• 1. Aldous Snow: It's a little holiday with Hitler.
  – Submitted by Anya T (9 months ago)
• 1. Surfing Instructor: I like her hair. I wonder if the carpet matches her pubes.
  – Submitted by Evan H (10 months ago)

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