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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Reviews

2008 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 70
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Peter Bretter has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall. He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-.. Read more

Starring Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Jason Segel
Director Nicholas Stoller, Nick Stoller
Genres Comedy, Romance

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  • Critics' reviews of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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  • 4 stars out of

    Actor Jason Segel is no Adonis. We learn this from an early and already notorious scene in Forgetting Sarah... read more on Time Out

    • Tom Huddleston, 
    • Time Out
  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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  • 111 out of 118 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 1 star

    So bad!

      • A customer from London
  • 41 out of 42 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    So so funny!

    A fantastic American comedy given a good old British boost with Russell Brand. Made by the guys from Knocked Up and Superbad, I knew this was going to be great - I wasn't disappointed. Fantastic film. Just see it!

      • Corinne Morgon from Ruislip, England
  • 26 out of 29 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Must for HIMYM fans!!!

    Expecting great things when I saw Jason Segal (HIMYM) wrote this film, but I was still a bit concerned about 2 hours of Russell Brand playing...Russell Brand! Thankfully he wasn't and this film turned out to be THE movie of 2008 for me. Kristen Bell was absolutely gorgeous and the perfect choice as Sarah Marshall, Paul Rudd added his usual supporting comedy role but this time as a hot, stoned surfer dude, and Jason Segal was hiliarious and heartwarming, although warning to anyone taking their mother to see this film, he is naked. Alot. Really naked.

    If you want one reason to watch this film make it the amazing genius play in the middle of the film. All I'm going to say is 'Psychiatrist', puppets, musical and Dracula. Genius! Undoubtably 5 stars.

      • A customer from N. Wales
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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  • 13 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Creeped out.

    Very strange characters in this film. The main character is a little creepy to say the least - someone who, if he spoke to you in the lift you would exit on the wrong floor just to get away.

    The plot is rambling and the characters have minimal emotional reaction to anything. They have strange crossing-over relationships with one another, which by the end you think, what was the point in having relationship at all . My instinct is that the film tries to do something different about relationships but it only succeeds in being low-key and meaningless.

    The highpoint is the lead character singing about seeing a psychiatrist and killing himself(that should give you a clue about the rest of the film!)

      • Rip from Manchester
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    This is an awful film. Marketed with teen like trailers that all young girls want to see; it is infact a mix between friends and soft porn in an american style. Sex like shopping or making wise cracks about your latest phobia laces the film like a hollywood 'Oh Calcutta'. Vacuous and far too full of sex scenes for the audience that most want to see it. If you want your early teens to have an early introduction to the soft core blow job go ahead. If not avoid.

      • A customer from London
  • 111 out of 118 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 1 star

    So bad!

      • A customer from London
  • 41 out of 42 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    So so funny!

    A fantastic American comedy given a good old British boost with Russell Brand. Made by the guys from Knocked Up and Superbad, I knew this was going to be great - I wasn't disappointed. Fantastic film. Just see it!

      • Corinne Morgon from Ruislip, England
  • 26 out of 29 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Must for HIMYM fans!!!

    Expecting great things when I saw Jason Segal (HIMYM) wrote this film, but I was still a bit concerned about 2 hours of Russell Brand playing...Russell Brand! Thankfully he wasn't and this film turned out to be THE movie of 2008 for me. Kristen Bell was absolutely gorgeous and the perfect choice as Sarah Marshall, Paul Rudd added his usual supporting comedy role but this time as a hot, stoned surfer dude, and Jason Segal was hiliarious and heartwarming, although warning to anyone taking their mother to see this film, he is naked. Alot. Really naked.

    If you want one reason to watch this film make it the amazing genius play in the middle of the film. All I'm going to say is 'Psychiatrist', puppets, musical and Dracula. Genius! Undoubtably 5 stars.

      • A customer from N. Wales
  • 20 out of 25 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Another

    Over rated American TURD of a film

    NAFF SAID

      • smelly77 from london
  • 17 out of 18 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Lots of fun, and not just a chick flick...

    Having perhaps seen the previews and read the blog for this, you could be forgiven, like me,

    in thinking this would be a simple chick flick com, bad boys girls get own back, girs live happily ever after romp. Not so, simple as this is, it has a bit of an edge over and above a run of the mill chick flick and aided by a very superbly intentionally hammy Russel Brand, this drags what could have been a samey US comedy into an altogether other realm, a completely funny and watchable love triangle (or quadrangle) that never goes far off being total entertainment, I really loved every minute, definately worth a watch.

  • 14 out of 16 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Ugh!

    Horrible gross-out comedy with absolutely no plot. AVOID!

      • carla1989 from Hebburn
  • 13 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Creeped out.

    Very strange characters in this film. The main character is a little creepy to say the least - someone who, if he spoke to you in the lift you would exit on the wrong floor just to get away.

    The plot is rambling and the characters have minimal emotional reaction to anything. They have strange crossing-over relationships with one another, which by the end you think, what was the point in having relationship at all . My instinct is that the film tries to do something different about relationships but it only succeeds in being low-key and meaningless.

    The highpoint is the lead character singing about seeing a psychiatrist and killing himself(that should give you a clue about the rest of the film!)

      • Rip from Manchester
  • 12 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    I thought this was utter rubbish, nudity sceens which were uncalled for and really not nice the guy needed to work out first before gettin naked on a film! Russell Brand can not act totally crap!

  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Was pretty good... I suppose

    Not quite what I expected, but was pretty good. Left with a feeling of 'hmmm, that was ok, but not brilliant, but not sure why'. Still puzzled now! It's a very mild comedy (not the side splitting film I was expecting), but some great performances by the 4 main characters. Russell Brand was very good, Mila Kunis played so many facets of a mixed 'attractive' personality so well. It was believable, as was the story line. A little corny at times, but a nice edge of very dry humour. Worth a watch.

      • CC from Sutton Coldfield
  • 9 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    a real LOL film

    I was dragged along to the cinema by a freind to watch this. Was so not looking forward to it as i HATE chick flicks!

    BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS!.........................

    This is by no means is a chick flick! its a Laugh out Loud film which i thoroughly enjoyed.#

    This is a sit back and watch kind of film. if you dont expect too much of it you will be plesantly suprised plus your will laugh your socks off. Lots of inuendos in this film ( i must have a dirty mind than most as quite often i found myself laughing at a comment which only myself and a few others picked up on) they come fast and furious so listen out)

    I am a fan of Russell Brand but did not think he would be any good in a film - he was AMAZINGLY funny. All the other charactars are great too, from main to bit part roles, everyone adds to the film. It does end up having quite a good story line too - in the end.

    I cant wait for this to come out on DVD and already added it to my list.

    A real Laugh out Loud film. Not many 'funny' films actually do this anymore. A real Gem this one is. Worth a watch!

      • CBRENCH from Bristol
  • Critics' reviews

  • 4 stars out of

    Actor Jason Segel is no Adonis. We learn this from an early and already notorious scene in Forgetting Sarah... read more on Time Out

    • Tom Huddleston, 
    • Time Out

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