I Done Seen It: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"

Let me preface this review by saying this: it is much easier (and kinda more enjoyable lol) to write about shitty movies that I hate. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is far and away NOT one of these films, so allow me to trudge along.

FSM tells the tale we're all familiar with: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy escapes to Hawaii on vacation and runs into girl and watches her fuck a rockstar. Since it's inception, it's had genius written all over it: Judd Apatow, Jason Sigel, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis, Russel Brand, and a surprise cameo at the that pushed this one from classic status to "OMFG when is the DVD coming out!?" Even one of the Baldwin brothers earns his keep and drops a classic "dicksickle" line (not Alec, and not the crazy one).

With all the talent attached to this one, the strike zone is shrunken to the point where the film bats 1.000 for all 110 minutes. But it doesn't sacrifice heart for laughs: with great dick jokes, comes great romance. It's as if the movie feels bad for turning the stomachs of all the women in attendance, so it immediately follows up every gross out with a flashing of heart. But don't worry: right after that, it flashes something else (literally).

At the end of the day, it's another classic for the Apatow gang. FSM even shows some growth by actually not making all the women in the film hateable. In fact, it's kinda hard to hate anyone here. And Sigel's Kermit influences are evident as "Dracula's Lament" shines as a musical performance in a movie that's actually funny.

So fuck Jet Li, you shoulda seen this. 9/10!