Mildly Funny, Moderately entertaining, A significantly average comedy

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2008)

Stoller's 'Forgetting Sarah Marshell' is quite an entertaining comedy that does have its dry moments along side funny moments, but for me, this is predominantly a very average comedy and somewhat over-rated by the IMDb and general public.
Its basically about some guy being dumped by his superstar girlfriend and he takes very hard.
Jason Segel pulled off an amusing performance as you would expect, his script was snappy, cool and well written despite the definite issues of pacing. Russell Brand was surprisingly good in his role as Aldous Snow. Slight hints of satire in his irreverent character.
This film is very current and its aiming for a very current audience. There's an array of beautiful women, pop culture jokes (sex and the city joke was great) and crudeness. That is why this may not be for everyone.
This is one level higher than Superbad but the dragging story and lack of hilarious comedy drags it down. I only found myself laughing out loud once at the beginning where Brand's character unites a Jew and an Arab as a sign of equality, other than this, I was only chuckling.
5.3/10