Forgetting Sarah
Marshall
Cast
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis,
Russell Brand

Director
Nicholas Stoller


Premise
A guy gets dumped by his girlfriend. While
taking a vacation to rethink his life, he runs
into the ex and her new guy.
"Look, a running joke!"
Rating: Below
Well, I have to say, I have never seen a choppier movie in the past 5 years. Whoever made
this movie (directed, edited, cinematography, whatever) should be shot. It doesn't even look
like they tried to shoot a movie (except for one surfing scene). It makes it almost impossible
to enjoy the comic scenes because it just jumps around! Every 5 minutes you say, "What?
Where are we now?". Even so, the comedy and acting are only so-so. There are some funny
parts, don't get me wrong, but this is easily a debut screenplay by an inexperienced person.
The supporting characters are getting old - yes, all those guys from
Superbad and Knocked
Up and 40 Years Old Virgin
are in this, woo-hoo. Nothing in this movie made me laugh that
hard, though it was "cute" at moments. You know why this kind of thing rarely works? Apatow
didn't direct this or
Superbad, which has the same basic problem as this, but people think it
is good because he and the same actors are associated. THAT IS NOT TRUE.
Forgetting
Sarah Marshall
comes off as amateur, like a mix up of The Break Up and any movie about
running into your ex in a tropical location flick. Everything about it is so mediocre that is
becomes less than the sum of its parts. Oh, I forgot to mention all of the awful sex scenes
and penis shots that are supposed to be funny. To say they fall flat on their faces is an
understatement. More people should start going to moves by looking at who directed it, not
who stars in it. Critics who applaud this film also need to stop jumping on bandwagons.


Plot/Originality - 45
Acting/Characters - 49
Dialouge/Screenplay - 59
Effects/Camerawork - 10