Forgetting Sarah Marshall

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews April 18th, 2008 |

Movie Reviews


Forgetting Sarah Marshall Poster Photo
Starring:
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader
Review:
Did producer Judd Apatow swear a blood oath to make the comedy
careers of everyone he hired on TV’s Freaks and Geeks and
Undeclared? I ask because the creative types on both those
low-rated but deservedly treasured sitcoms keep turning up as
actors, writers and directors on the films issuing from Apatow
Nation. The last two (Walk Hard, Drillbit Taylor)
were factory seconds. But Forgetting Sarah Marshall
— the tale of a dude dumped by his girlfriend while his limp
dick hangs out — ranks with the hit models, The
40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and
Superbad.
The man of these two hours is doughy, hangdog, unfailingly funny
Jason Segel, who appeared in Freaks, Undeclared
and Knocked Up and currently does sitcom duty on the
un-Apatovian How I Met Your Mother. Segel wrote the…

Rating: 3 Stars

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