Crude `Sarah Marshall' very forgettable.Byline: Daniel M. Kimmel COLUMN: MOVIE REVIEW Like John Hughes
He's one of the producers of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall Not to be confused with Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Sarah Marshall (born 1955) is a stage actress working primarily in the Washington, D.C. region. She has been nominated for the Helen Hayes Award fourteen times and won in 1989. ," and while it's likely to be a big hit with audiences, it's not a very good film. In fact, going for shock value seems to be replacing originality and wit. That's not a good sign. The story involves Peter, played by Jason Segel of TV's "How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. Created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, the show received generally positive reviews. " and Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks Freaks and Geeks is an American television series, created by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 TV season. Although the show, considered a comedy-drama, garnered much critical acclaim and a devoted cult following, repeated ." Peter writes music for TV shows, including the cop series starring his girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristin Bell). At the film's start she dumps him in a scene that is already notorious for its gratuitous full frontal male nudity. There's no real reason for it, but it gets a shocked laugh, which seems to be the point. He tries a series of one-night stands to get over the hurt, but finally takes off for Hawaii, hoping a change of scenery will do him some good. Unfortunately Sarah not only shows up at the same hotel, she arrives with her seriously hip new boyfriend, rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand Russell Edward Brand[1] (born June 4, 1975) is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. Brand dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka". ). Fortunately desk clerk Rachel (Mila Kunis Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (Ukrainian: Милена Маркoвна Кунис; born August 14 1983) is an American actress. ) takes pity on Peter and tries to get him out of his pit of despair The pit of despair, or vertical chamber, was a device used in experiments conducted on rhesus macaque monkeys during the 1970s by American comparative psychologist Harry Harlow and his students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. . "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is more a matter of taste than anything else. Some will find it uproariously funny while others will wonder what the fuss is all about. Put this critic firmly in the latter category. `Forgetting Sarah Marshall' ** A Universal Pictures release Rating: R for sexual content, language and some graphic nudity Running time: 1 hour, 52 minutes ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: Jason Segel |
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