Forgetting Sarah Marshall Review
“Not up to par with the rest of the Apatow flicks, but solid”
I always wondered when Jason Siegel would get his shot and finally here it comes via Forgeting Sarah Marshall, a movie he not only stars in, but also wrote. It seems like he is the weaker link of the whole Apatow clan, but certainly seems to have a place, so why not give him a shot at leading man territory? While this movie doesn’t explode into the viewer, it certainly provides a few good laughs and a decent enough story, but really loses some steam in the last third of the movie.
I hate to be so critical of a movie that is a romantic comedy, but I blame this critique on the fact that Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin were so well done, that the bar has been set. This movie certainly follows in that pattern: toilet-esque humor mixed with themes of growing up and adult decisions. I get the pattern and for the time being it’s working in droves. But while the material here is relatable for anyone in a relationship, it suffers in delivering either a coherent message or a message about not having just one message.
Ultimately, being a dude, I was rooting for the guy who get’s dumped. But there are moments where you take pity on the chick. It’s a delicate flip flop that creates some clunky moments. I was struggling to find where the movie was aiming, and ended up settling on the concept that maybe what the movie was trying to show was that there is no right or wrong in this situation.
Segel plays a sad sap well enough and the revolving cast is good enough in their roles to make this a fun enough experience. It really pales in comparison to the other Apatow “classics”, but is worth it’s weight. The music in it is hillarious and Paul Rudd is a gem. Check this movie out if you really dug the other Apatow-esque flicks, and check it out if it’s light hearted fair you seek. Otherwise, don’t expect too much. I give this a 7 out of 10 Bones for being the Miller Lite to the otherwise Guinness of the “adult, sex rom-com’s”.
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