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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2019
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Positive Reviews
107
Negative reviews
26
Average Rating
3.4
/5
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1.5
But that doesnt mean the film isnt without its moments, and there are undoubtedly more than a few gags that had me laughing out loud.
Den Of Geek
3.0
Hes just a less than ab toned man of pleasant musical talents (his dream project is a musical about Count Dracula, with puppets) and recognizable neur ..
EW
4.4
Jason Segels penis probably would not sell a lot of tickets all by itself.
Rogerebert
3.0
And hes supported by a winning cast (his chemistry with Kunis is particularly fantastic) the most memorable are Brand, whos simply perfect as Snow, an ..
Common Sense Media
3.3
Sarah Marshall remains a film of glorious moments and memorable scenes, lovingly crafted characters and sparkling one liners.
Time Out
3.1
Segels script frequently enlivens pedestrian scenarios with sharp verbal back and forths and sudden cutaways to bizarre gags.
4.0
The films improvisational loosey gooseyness, as with all Apatow movies, amounts to a cathartic bonus: an acknowledgment that real life is also full of ..
2.0
Indeed, the film never veers into arch territory, possessing such affection for its characters that not one of them, not even Sarah Marshall, comes of ..
Screen Daily
3.5
There might come a day when American moviegoers stop bursting into self conscious laughter at the sight of a dangling male member, but Forgetting Sara ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, despite its instantly forgettable title, is the perfect vehicle for Segel, who thus far hasnt really found a comic niche to ..
4.0
It shows that the Apatow brand is still alive, kicking and prepared to wreak havoc on your funny bone without totally damaging your brain cells in the ..
E Film Critic
4.4
Between the climactic musical number that changes a horror classic forever, and at least 90 minutes of sustained laughter, what possible reason could ..
E Film Critic
3.8
It cuts uncomfortably close to real life.Thats what makes it funny.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Well, as it turns out, its solidly entertaining, if a little scattershot.
4.5
There is no real bad guy here, the interesting thing is that everyone involved is actually pretty likable.All of the characters written into Segels sc ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
While Stoller never quite gets a handle on Segels giddy script, hes got sturdy guidance in Hollywoods reigning workaholic, producer Judd Apatow.
Ny Daily News
4.0
I mean, its one thing to watch a film like FOOLS GOLD because it looks pretty, but how about some entertainment to go along with that, right.FORGETTIN ..
JoBlo
4.0
(I almost fell out of my chair on this one.) Are those sad tissues or happy tissues.While the movie goes in the direction you pretty much expect, in t ..
Screen Rant
3.0
What makes Segels nakedness daring isnt the package, but the shabby wrapping that surrounds it.
Philly
3.0
Has some good ingredients, but theyre mostly in the side dishes rather than the main course, and theyre not tasty enough to make the whole thing worth ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Yet it should find its audience in those who will find it big hearted and raunchy enough to get their ticket price worth of cheap thrills.
Sover
4.4
The result had broad appeal, especially among college age adults.
ReelViews
3.1
This thin premise is better suited to a half hour sitcom than a feature film, but its strong enough to support some entertaining fun performances from ..
Tv Guide
3.0
For all its clever gags, though, the movie seems awfully familiar with its broken up couple end up at same resort plot (think Honeymoon in Vegas for o ..
3.0
For all its clever gags, though, the movie seems awfully familiar with its broken up couple end up at same resort plot (think Honeymoon in Vegas for o ..
2.5
By the time the unusually dreary final stretch rolls around, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rises has squandered its few positive attributes to become a typica ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
It also has heart and a nice message about following your bliss and believing in yourself.
Lariat
2.0
Whats most impressive about the films abundant comedy is how diverse it is.There is situational humor, relationship humor, and battle of the sexes hum ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
The movie has the salacious sweetness of Apatows best movie, The 40 Year Old Virgin.
News Review
4.0
Segels script is packed with terrific characters who gleefully refuse to sit comfortably in their stereotypes.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
As a result, its hard to see why either of the two female leads would be attracted to him in the first place.In short, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an ..
View London
2.0
And maybe its time to declare a moratorium on Hawaiian shirt jokes.
Cs Monitor
3.8
This film is so funny it may be beside the point to complain that, as in many Apatow productions, the writing and direction are still in something of ..
New York Post
4.0
But theres something sad and off putting about seeing fully fleshed out adults doing it in wacko ways just to be doing it in wacko ways.Adult sex can ..
Film Journal International ..
4.4
But Kunis is very warm and likable, and Bell impresses in a few surprisingly dramatic moments.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a hilarious movie, a brilliant deconstruction of the romantic comedy, a film that, assuming you have the appropriate sens ..
Az Central
3.8
Like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad before it, it delivers belly laughs that explode from the meeting of wit and shock.
Boston
3.5
Some of the humor is coarse and stupid; some of it is coarse and funny.
Mountain X
4.0
First time director Nicholas Stoller doesnt do anything particularly creative with the formula, but he keeps Segel zipping brightly from one humiliati ..
Npr
3.8
Segels hound dog face can express a dozen shades of heart wrenching disappointment, then beam with unrestrained delight.
Star Tribune
1.5
Its really hard to like a character when his own movie makes fun of him...
3.1
A look at the long day in the busy life of a Toronto councillor In the face of a surprise cut to the number of wards and councillors proposed by the p ..
Toronto Star
2.0
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Emanuellevy
2.0
Without spoiling any potential surprise, Peter channels his talents in a way thats satisfyingly fresh but still validates classic rom com story arcs.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
4.4
Beneath all the hysterics, top notch comedy, and hilarious turns from Apatow vets, theres a definitely gripping romance that audiences will respond to ..
Cinema Crazed
2.0
But it avoids the gross out one upmanship of filth for filths sake.
Slate
1.5
Despite a handful of excellent, funny set pieces, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is sub Apatow and for the most part predictable and grating plot in that w ..
Flim List
2.0
Its a comedy energized by its imperfect and offbeat characters, prompting some wacky situations.Its like a breath of fresh air.
4.5
The surprise.Its much, much funnier than the you evil woman marketing campaign would allow you to hope for.
Movies
4.0
Russell Brand is, for once, well cast in the role of vague, vain singer Aldous, whos also the object of obsession for a waiter and aspiring musician i ..
Bbc
3.0
All this ineptitude is supposed to be endearing, but moviegoers want a romantic hero with some sex appeal and some strength, and Segels harmless routi ..
New Yorker
3.0
This is a fairly low keyed comedy, but a grown up dropping in on it can appreciate its lack of frenzy, its fundamental good nature, as easily as its c ..
Time
3.1
Was the movie entertaining Yes. Did it quite consistently earn some big laughs and small chuckles Yes. Was the audiences intelligence insulted Thankfu ..
The Movie Boy
3.5
Segels script has more character development than it probably needs, and though the funny moments are really funny, they also come few and far between ..
Bullz-Eye
3.5
But Segel and director Stoller make the formula fun and entertaining, with great performances and an entirely relatable lead character.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
If Forgetting Sarah Marshall lacks the heady mix of sheer exuberance and unexpected maturity of the granddaddy of the genre, Apatows 40 Year Old Virgi ..
Calendar Live
3.8
Although it contains plenty of producer Judd Apatows signature raunch, it is a comedy to remember and a wryly funny, smartly written and acted story f ..
Hollywood
3.0
.Segel, who also wrote the script, plays Peter Bretter, a hack composer of TV scores who inexplicably has been dating a hot blond TV star the eponymou ..
Seattle Pi
3.0
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
3.1
I was almost in shock, and before I knew it a movie I was on the verge of despising was now in the second half getting me to loudly giggle in sudden b ..
Movie Freak
4.0
Still, when it comes down to it, the movie is funny, very funny, and the films flimsy structure and weak third act is forgivable, since otherwise, its ..
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
3.0
Make no mistake: This isnt a relentless button pushing joke machine like the best Apatow schlumpy man comedies.
Oregon Live
2.5
The whole film feels like Apatow and clan are still on their own vacation after last summers one two punch.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
Congrats, Jason Segel, the latest lucky graduate of the Judd Apatow School of Movie Stardom.
E Online
2.0
Forgetting Sarah Marshall falls somewhere between Superbad and Walk Hard.
Film School Rejects
3.0
Forgetting Sarah Marshall pretends to be an outrageous comedy, but still ends up finding a way to relate to everyone on a much more emotional level.
Film School Rejects
1.0
In fact, in terms of humour its better compared to toothache and at two hours long its often painful.
Digital Spy
3.8
And the movie even touches on the need to stand up for a loved ones honor.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
3.1
Unfortunately, the film fails to measure up to either of the aforementioned adventures as far as pushing the needle on the Richter laff meter.
News Blaze
3.8
Though a bit awkward out of the gates, the writers have jam packed this picture with unexpected (albeit often obscene) hilarious moments.In fact, whil ..
Ross Anthony
4.0
a tender comedy that isnt afraid to use the word vagina, or to strip a man naked, literally and figuratively
Killer Movie Reviews
3.0
For some, the Apatowing of American comedy has perhaps lost its luster through repetition.For others (and this would be me), the unwashed comedic sens ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.0
Not one second in the film is unpleasant, for even the bummer scenes have the wistful ring of truth. But I do mind how much of it is no more than plea ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
After the surprisingly forgettable Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is proof that Hollywood isnt quite done with the Judd Apa ..
3.1
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Waffle Movies
4.0
While first time filmmaking talent is often a precarious, hit or miss gamble, it pays off in spades this time.
Hollywood Chicago
3.8
But more often than not, you wont even notice the by the numbers storytelling and the point and shoot direction of first time helmer Nicholas Stoller, ..
Montreal Film Journal
4.5
It has a generosity toward all its characters that rescues it from predictability.
News Week
4.5
...Forgetting Sarah Marshall has just the right mix between romance and raunchiness.
Solzy At The Movies
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.0
Forgetting Sarah Marshall does fall under the Apatow umbrella, but writer and star Jason Segel is the real creative force here, creating a fresh, funn ..
The Shiz Nit
2.0
This is basically a vehicle for its writer and leading man Jason Segel, an Apatow repertory player who was in the TV show Freaks and Geeks.
Film Guardian
4.4
When people look back at this time in movie history, Apatows potent, frank, and sweet comedies will absolutley define this era of mainstream filmmakin ..
Scene Stealers
4.5
A film that manages to balance raunch and sweetness just enough to make it a worthy date movie.
Bowling Green Daily News
1.0
Forget about the concept of craftsmanship: Forgetting Sarah Marshall represents, all too accurately, the concept of the slob comedy an immature, slopp ..
Wsj
4.5
In the Apatow manner, Segel mines a mother lode of painful personal memories for his breakup gags, and the vanity of entertainment people proves to be ..
Chicago Reader
1.5
Ok, I give up. The Slackers win. In the last ten years, the Republican Party has had its revenge, the Nerds have had their revenge, and now the Slacke ..
Tony Mack
3.5
See Standard Operating Procedure for its riveting narrative, for the way it keeps looping backto the swirls of Danny Elfmans night musicto the basemen ..
Ny Mag
1.5
The movie would have benefited from a lot more of Russell Brand, whose surreal egocentricity and vast reserves of disdain light up every scene hes in. ..
M Tv
3.0
The gags are hit and miss throughout.For every funny sequence theres another that falls flat and several of the sub plots feel extraneous to the narra ..
Future Movies
4.4
The movie is very wise, but also unbelievably funny, proving again that the line between comedy and tragedy is a thin one. Forgetting Sarah Marshall m ..
Aisle Seat
1.5
Shes the renowned star of a CSI like crime show and hes the lowly composer.
Boston Phoenix
3.5
It may have a hard time balancing the heart and the laughs, but it doesnt punk out on itself.
Can Mag
4.5
This is one of the better Apatow factory films that uses juvenile humor to explore adult issues like sex and commitment and relationships. Comedy is p ..
Stream On Demand At Home
4.5
And lets not forget Segel himself, whos lowly Peter Bretter undergoes a life changing experience during his romance with dreamgirl cool chick Rachel J ..
Dark Horizons
4.5
The phrase good enough applies, without any negative connotations that might unintentionally summon forth.
IGN Movies
2.0
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a lazy, second hand offering from the Apatow crude but sweet assembly line.
Detroit News
4.0
But for all involved both cast and crew alike they can rest assured that they made a worthy entry into the well loved cannon of Apatow produced R rate ..
Movies Ign
2.0
A step down from Superbad and Knocked Up, but still funny enough to be near vintage Judd Apatow.
Compuserve
3.8
Touches as savvy as that put Segel solidly in good company that of the master himself.
Miami
1.5
But anyone who isnt numb to every kind of offensive content will cringe at what comes between them.
World Wng
4.0
Wong offers a soulful banquet, and reviewers complain that it is much too rich.
Cine Passion
4.4
Sure, the premise is contrived, as are most of the films from Apatows production company. However, the human truths that emerge from these situations ..
Illinois Times
3.0
Its this kind of random tension that simmers between the films guffaw inducing sex scenes.
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
4.5
A romantic comedy both men and women can fall in love with ... the kind of movie you could watch all day.
Metromix.com
2.0
The funny thing about this movie is, that its not that funny. Oh, youll get a few chuckles, but its not laugh out loud funny. It actually tries to be ..
Eclipse Magazine
4.4
Bell and Kunis, as Peters past and future loves, are not only beautiful but have a terrific sense of comic timing.
Crazed Fan Boy
4.4
As perfectly tailored an introduction of a new (if limited) movie star as has been seen since the golden age of the Hollywood studio system.
Commercial Appeal
4.0
One of those cant miss romantic comedies in that theres some sweet, sensitive, insightful stuff for the ladies but theres also plenty of raunchy comed ..
Cinematical
3.0
Segal writes some hilarious lines, and there is a deliriously random detour into vampire musical theater puppetry. But the films happiest surprise is ..
Movie Mom
3.0
The difference between Hornby and Apatow is that Hornby proves himself the better artist by writing believably and sensitively about females.
Web Archive
3.1
Yeah, its pretty funny. And its a pretty accurate depiction of a certain feature of male romantic humiliation. But its also a little and this is one o ..
Premiere Magazine
4.5
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Cine Rina
3.8
If not worth its weight in gold (or diamonds), at least worth the price of a movie ticket.
5.0
eftly mixes raunchy, R rated comedy with an intelligent, humane look at the foibles of the heart thats almost like something out of an Eric Rohmer mov ..
MSNBC
4.5
Beyond the gimmickry of the penis gags, this is an romantic comedy with wit and charm to burn.
Ma Cleans
3.8
Gratuitous male nudity A man child hero with a heart of gold R rated comedy high jinks Yup, producer Judd Apatow is back on track with the hilarious F ..
Washington Times
5.0
But its always sincere and no filmmaker gets laughs more consistently.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
3.8
I had a smile on my face through almost every scene of Sarah Marshall and laughed out loud more times than I can count.I still have the Hawaiian versi ..
Sea Coast Online
4.0
Nope, the real reason Forgetting Sarah Marshall is so unforgettable is that its screenwriter and star Jason Segel (Knocked Up and TVs How I Met Your M ..
Wd Times
2.0
The audiences may be right to do so.The trademark Apatow mix of pasty, media addled boy men and the gorgeous, gorgeous women who badger them into an i ..
Style Weekly
3.8
The wheels come off at the end, but before then there are plenty of memorable moments in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Houston Community Newspape ..
5.0
Taking a look at one of my favorite guaranteed to get me out of a crappy mood and crying from laughter comedies.
Jeffreyklyles Word Press
4.5
Personally, I cant remember the last time I laughed this hard at the movies.
Reelz Channel
4.0
Crude and cuddly, with enough heart and hilarity to please both genders.
Colorado Springs Gazette
4.4
Writing and starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel gets emotionally naked. He bares his soul. Also, he lets us see his schlong. As Steve M ..
3.8
Judd Apatow takes the sexual hijinks of guys night out cinema and bitch slaps it with chick flick emotionalism, an unlikely combination, but it works.
Ac Weekly
4.4
The end result is something that everyone involved can be proud of.
4.0
It helps that Segel is right on target as the charming nice guy who maintains a casual vibe despite making a total fool of himself, and he has great c ..
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1.5
Breaking up is hard to do when youre wearing nothing but a pout and were just regaling your soon to be ex with a celebratory wang flapping to welcome ..
1.5
Witty, clueless, self obsessed, hes still the only character in the entire comedy who laughs at himself.
Bold Life (Hendersonville, ..
2.5
If only Jason Segels screenwriting matched his comic presence. This is an occasionally riotous, but shapeless, romantic comedy, whose only relatable a ..
Sj R
3.1
The problem is theres nothing for the audience to latch onto and laugh at.
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