Directed by:
Nicholas StollerScreenplay:
Jason SegelCinematography:
Russ T. AlsobrookComposer:
Lyle WorkmanCast:
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Branscombe Richmond, William Baldwin (more)VOD (4)
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Peter (Jason Segel) is a struggling musician who finds his world turned upside down when his TV celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), dumps him for a tragically hip rock star. (Universal Pictures US)
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a film that doesn’t need its first kiss boosted by anything more than a two-second quiet romantic tone to make it into the most romantic moment in the film. Forgetting Sarah Marshall has so much sincerity and tangible reality in it, such multidimensional and believable characters, and offers such versatile, fair, non-clichéd comic and dramatic situational clashes of characters that it’s a match for any highly acclaimed psychological drama in terms of having a unique creative touch and quality storytelling. I saw this in a multiplex right after the shallow, superficial, tacky, cheap and unoriginal Sex and the City – and it didn’t just improve my mood for a moment, it improved my whole weekend. Judd Apatow is no less intelligent than Steven Spielberg, and thanks to him, after twenty years of watching movies, I fell in love with a genre that I have always considered only mindless fun. And what about the missing fifth star? You don’t fall in love with a girl because she’s perfect...
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It seemed almost impossible to convince me with any arguments about anything bearing the names Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, or Jonah Hill. After the very bad Knocked Up and the only melancholically average Superbad, I received a carefully polished surprise this time, wrapped in an authentic romantic comedy. Of course, I'm not mentioning the sexual practice with chess figures, the gallery of nude photos, or, last but not least, the royal scepter of the main character in all its glory. But thanks to Jason Segel's screenplay, everything can be seasoned however much you want, and I still see mainly sharp wit, romance, and to my enormous surprise, a few life truths that no one can take away from us. It will probably never work out so ideally for this broad group of vulgar, sexist, and horny modern idols. That's why I'll keep this little treasure for myself.
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A fine old-school comedy confection with a pretty fun Hawaii theme. The Jason Segel and Mila Kunis duo with the addition of Jonah Hill in a rather funny supporting role is a pleasure and overall it goes more on the retro style of comedies i.e. it relies more on story and "ordinary" humour. Maybe I could have easily handled more wacky laughs and boldness, but otherwise I had a good time.
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So this comedy didn't really impress me despite the reviews here, but I guess it's probably my own opinion and the fact that I don't really like Jason Segel and Russell Brand, who didn't become my favourite actors after this film either. Well, what can I say! I was absolutely out of touch with the main character's inner experience, and so some moments just seemed pointless and at times I was even bored (the running time could have definitely been 15-20 minutes shorter). In short, I can't think of anything else to say right now other than that for me it was an absolutely mediocre affair.
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Nothing special, really, but on the other hand it was terribly cute and naive and had nice performances, so all the missteps and clichés were masked quite successfully in the end. Jason Segel fits his role perfectly, as does Mila Kunis, whose beauty surpasses even the entire Hawaiian scenery and manages to make an already easygoing film a bit more enjoyable for me. What puzzles me, though, is the much-vaunted cult of Judd Apatow. With all due respect, as beautiful as Forgetting Sarah Marshall is, I really struggle to find a single plot or emotional impulse that lifts it out of genre routine and touches the romantic in me with the same love and sincerity as some of the films by Rob Reiner, Jason Reitman or Lasse Hallstrom.
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