Sunday, April 20, 2008

#101 - Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Directed by Nicholas Stoller
2008 Comedy
Rated R

****

NOTE: I've decided that summarizing the plot in my reviews is unnecessary and a waste of time. If you want to know what happens in the film, go see it.

What I have recently found is that the films produced by the Judd Apatow camp fall into three distinct categories; instant, original classics (The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) in the first tier, the hilarious but sometimes formulaic tier (Superbad,), and the rare misses in the third tier (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Drillbit Taylor). While I can't say that Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an instant classic, since it is often rather formulaic at times, it is hands down the funniest movie released this year, and grabs a firm hold in the second tier.

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