Sunday, May 4, 2008

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

This is my first film 'From the guys who brought you "A 40-Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"' and my last.

Peter (Jason Segel) is a music composer for the CSI-esque television drama that stars his famous girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). When she dumps him, Peter takes off to Hawaii only to find Sarah and her new flamboyant, British rock star boyfriend, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) are vacationing at the same resort. The hotel clerk, Rachel (Mila Kunis), takes pity on Peter and tries to help him out.

Oh my God!! This is a cute romantic comedy, but the jokes are SO tired!! Forget Forgetting Sara Marshall. The film is as clichéd as they come. The cast and setting is beautiful, but the film is so utterly stupid. The plot is improbable and sloppy editing shows glaring mistakes. Did I mention it was stupid.

Jonah Hill, you are a one-trick pony. You're boring and my legs work. Bill Hades sucks. Hardcore. Jason Segal and Mila Kunis both provide solid, if stupid, performances. Russell Brand really saves the {STUPID!} movie as Snow. Still now amount of Snow or puppet vampire comedy could save this POS.

Forget it! This is a metaphor for crap! That is unless you enjoyed other films 'From the guys who brought you "A 40-Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"'.

Postscript 03.07.09 ~ I read a postive review from a friend recently; so, I revisted. Still average. Russell Brand is funny. The vampire puppets are funny. But not even Jason Segal's package in the UR version makes this any more than average.

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