Friday, March 21, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Judd Apatow production machine has cranked out another sex comedy, but it is no “Superbad” or “Knocked Up”. It is full of familiar TV faces (i.e. Veronica Mars, Marshall Eriksen, and Jackie Burkhart). It even spoofs some TV dramas. However, being in a popular sit-com TV show doesn’t qualify Jason Segel as being able to write good comedy. This second banana can’t carry the lead. The movie plays like a run-of-the-mill TV sit-com only spiced up with cheap crude sex jokes. This was an obvious cover up for the lack of any clever writing. If the full frontal male nudity bit at the beginning makes you uncomfortable, brace yourself for an encore. However, if you are still interested in this endeavor, you may be pleased to know that this particular audience seemed to be having a hilariously good time. They must be fans of low brow, tasteless humor. The faux TV ad spots and the musical Dracula puppet show were the only highlights for me. Alien can only hope to forget Sarah Marshall.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “taste of love” stars out of 4.
The Judd Apatow production machine has cranked out another sex comedy, but it is no “Superbad” or “Knocked Up”. It is full of familiar TV faces (i.e. Veronica Mars, Marshall Eriksen, and Jackie Burkhart). It even spoofs some TV dramas. However, being in a popular sit-com TV show doesn’t qualify Jason Segel as being able to write good comedy. This second banana can’t carry the lead. The movie plays like a run-of-the-mill TV sit-com only spiced up with cheap crude sex jokes. This was an obvious cover up for the lack of any clever writing. If the full frontal male nudity bit at the beginning makes you uncomfortable, brace yourself for an encore. However, if you are still interested in this endeavor, you may be pleased to know that this particular audience seemed to be having a hilariously good time. They must be fans of low brow, tasteless humor. The faux TV ad spots and the musical Dracula puppet show were the only highlights for me. Alien can only hope to forget Sarah Marshall.
Alien gives it 1 ½ “taste of love” stars out of 4.
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