Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I actually went to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall while in Seattle, not least because I was interested to see what US audiences would make of Russell Brand :-) (the answer : nothing specific. Oh well!) As such films go, this was definitely one of the better ones - a little too on the silly side, and slightly too obsessed with sex and anatomy jokes, but nevertheless a surprisingly watchable and fun film. It's not as good as Knocked Up, but you can see something of the same influence behind it.

Jason Segel carries the movie really rather nicely, and he is decent enough at both acting the part and the comical stuff. His naked scenes are actually quite funny too, surprisingly. Russell Brand is decent enough too, even if he is almost playing himself. Kristen Bell doesn't have much to do but look pretty, but she's certainly decent at that! Mila Kunis has a little more to do, and does a reasonable job. The rest of the cast are variable, but mostly ok. The script is sharp in places, meandering in places, but overall this works and is actually quite a lot more fun that I'd expected. 6.5 out of 10.

(Edit : I upped the rating for this to 8 in a subsequent entry)