Synopsis:
After Peter gets dumped by Hollywood starlet Sarah Marshall he heads to Hawaii to try and forget about her. Unfortunately for him, she and her new boyfriend, the famous pop singer Aldous Snow, have ended up on holiday at the same resort.
I love love LOVE this.
It's funny. Really funny. As you can tell from the lack of posts
recently I haven't sat down to watch a film in a few weeks now.
That's not through my own neglect, just a bombardment of university
work which has taken up literally ALL of my time. But I can tell you,
there's nothing better than coming home for Easter, slumping on the
sofa and watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I hadn't even
intended to watch it all the way through as I'd seen it a few times
before but the moment I was faced with full frontal male nudity I had
to stay.
That's not to say I'm a
massive fan of the peen, or that like I to giggle at it like a school
girl, it's just that particular sequence sets such a comical tone
that you can't help but sit through the rest of this movie. I don't
want to get too much into the scene as I wouldn't want to spoil it
for those who haven't seen it but basically it introduces a
snappy-cut editing style which is used through out and really
enhances the comedy. That's not to say that the gags and so on aren't
funny by themselves but I just find this style really improves it. At
the end of the day this film carries a much more subtle kind of
comedy, nothing too big and outrageous like say Anchorman,
just a series of hilarious situations that we as an audience are able
to relate to.
I also feel this
comical tone is mirrored and carried by it's cast. The delivery of
every member again just adds bucket loads to an already funny script.
Even Russell Brand, despite him being one of THE most annoying people
on the planet pulls out a decent performance. Again, I think this is
down to being able to relate to these characters and situations. You
really, REALLY empathise for Jason Segel's character Peter. I can
imagine being in his shoes and the awkwardness of that whole
situation and it's just great a seeing such a character would deal
with this. He does so many things where I could think, “Yup, I
would have done that, and then made it worse by doing that,” just
brilliance.
Now although this film
is hilarious, I've got to point out that it isn't the funniest film
going. I kind of felt like I was drifting through it, and despite
chuckling to myself constantly, I never had that side splitting
moment when I feel like I'm literally about to pass out. Which is a
shame as I feel like it could have been incorporated in there
somewhere. But I guess the quick cut style doesn't really allow you
to do that. It tends to throw funny moments at you as opposed to
really dragging out a situation until it becomes mind-crushingly
funny. At least it doesn't mean that the film peeks. I've found many
of the great comedies have a moment so funny that nothing else can
follow on from point and everything from that point on is a forced
grin and half laugh, whereas here you are fully entertained the whole
way through and are genuinely laughing at every moment.
Overview:
A great film, in fact a
film very hard to criticise. It's structurally sound and very funny.
The only thing stopping it being a five star is that it isn't THE
funniest film I've seen. None the less, if anyone says a bad word
against it, they'll have a very angry Captured Motion Pocket Reviewer
to answer to.
Rating:
★★★★
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