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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's a wit in Segel's writing that marks him as every bit Apatow's equal in this arena.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNakedness has rarely looked so...naked. And innately, universally comic.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyLike "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up," Sarah Marshall has all the ingredients of the Apatow brand. Alas, it's beginning to feel generic.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterSolid rom com finds another Judd Apatow acolyte moving into the spotlight.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonSegel makes an engaging impression throughout Forgetting Sarah Marshall, gamely making himself the butt of many jokes that involve Peter's non-macho proclivities.
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenIf Forgetting Sarah Marshall doesn't reach the inspired heights of "Knocked Up" or "Superbad," it runs a very respectable second.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceWithout Segel bravely channeling "his own anxieties and obsessions into his clowning," as Pauline Kael wrote about Woody Allen 24 years ago, Forgetting Sarah Marshall would have been easily forgettable and, one might even say, limp.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovSegel, scripting himself, injects regular bursts of comic genius into the proceedings.
- 63PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyYeah, it's pretty funny. And it's a pretty accurate depiction of a certain feature of male romantic humiliation. But it's also a little -- and this is one of my two misgivings about the movie -- expected.
- 60The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe boyfriend, one Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), a Brit rocker and professional sex god, turns out to be the best thing in the movie.