Well, after Friday nights travesty of a rom com, I had to prove to myself that not everything within said genre was awful. So I took out the always-out-a-treat Forgetting Sarah Marshall from my Sky+ library, and laughed the sour taste of Bounty Hunter away.
Written by and starring, Jason Segel, the film already seems like it's going to be a hit with me, as a HUUUGE fan of How I Met Your Mother. Okay, so, Segel is only the second best thing about it*, but y'know, he provides plenty of laughs. Anyway, if Segel isn't enough for you, who's along side him, you ask? Only Paul Rudd!! One of the funniest American actors around right now. Don't believe me? Watch Role Models, listen to Danny's horror story about sex trafficking, and if you still don't believe me, you have NO taste. And, by the way, the third major actor in this film? It's only Russell friggin' Brand!! One of the funniest, and strangest comedians in Britain right now. He's basically just playing himself, but, when you're as funny as Brand is, there's no issue with that. It's like Hugh Grant.. There's no harm in him just playing himself, because there's just something so likeable about himself in the first place!
Okay, but back to Sarah Marshall. I'll tell ya, as a guy, the one thing I love about this movie more than anything, is the fact that it's finally the woman who wrongs the man. FINALLY. It DOES happen in reality, but in Hollywood? For far too long in major motion rom-coms, it's always the man being an idiot. This time around, Sarah muckcs him around, and, well, I'm not going to ruin anything, so let's just go with the minialistic, "with sexily hilarious results."
Fine casting in this stunning example of a rom com, where even though the ending may be predictable, it's one you WANT for a change, and you don't feel like strangling the guy for making the wrong choice. That's about the most infuriating thing about these movies usually, but for a change, everything about it is right. Plus, it's funny, with just awesome acting. And since I mentioned her in the title and not again since, I'll take a second to here... Mila Kunis is just great here! Only really know her from providing the voice of Meg in Family Guy (ew.. even typing the name makes me angry!!) so it was great to see someone obviously talented do something, you know.. good.
For the one bad point, for fellow male viewers though.. be warned. We do see a little TOO much of Mr. Segel's penis. It's quite worrying, the amount of time he spends naked, since HE wrote that role for himself...
Verdict: If you want a rom-com, you probably wont find any better. Maybe a bit more of a sex-com than a rom-com, but these days, what's the difference?! If this is the genre you're after, don't miss it.
*Nel Patrick Harris is the best thing about HIMYM, as Barney Stinson... that guy's awesome!
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