Word: apatower
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Twice in the course of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, its amusingly woebegone protagonist, Peter Bretter (Jason Segel, who also wrote the screenplay) appears stark naked, his frontalia fully, if briefly, on view. The Judd Apatow comedy conglomerate, which is responsible for every aspect of the picture, has caused some buzz by striking brave poses about the near-Constitutional right of actors to display the family jewels when the spirit moves them...
...seems to me that the success of Apatow and company derives from the fact that though their premises offer a lot of vulgar promise, they rarely deliver on that potential full-bore. What they?re really doing, most of the time, is offering twists and updates on the classic romantic comedy formulas, making them acceptable to today?s much younger movie audiences. For example, Forgetting Sarah Marshall seems to be what the academics like to call a ?Comedy of Remarriage.? You know - fairly mature couple splits up, endures some feckless romantic misadventures, then get more happily reconnected...
...can’t talk about producer Judd Apatow without bringing up his recent blockbusters “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up.” Apatow’s latest film tries to recreate the success of his others with a similar mixture of bawdy humor and likable characters, but, ultimately, it fails to create the same memorable comedic moments. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” lacks the endearing but flawed protagonists who have become the hallmark of an Apatow film. The three main characters in the movie lack...
...really upset while the whole time I’m thinking, ‘You’re giving me comedy gold here.’”“Sarah Marshall,” the next installment in the seemingly endless string of Judd Apatow-produced comedies, might settle Segel’s relationship problems for good, and not just because of his hysterically drawn-out nude scene. After a slew of supporting roles in television and a successful writing career, Segel seems poised for breakout success. “When I was like...
...harried production executive muses. They got Owen Wilson top-lining. The producer is Judd Apatow, who these days can do no wrong in Hollywood (Knocked Up, Superbad, et al). The director, Steven Brill, and the writers, Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen, are all School of Apatow-Sandler-Ferrell. That is to say they know their way around the sweetly raunchy manner beloved of adolescent American males...