[Editor's Note: For more reviews of the summer's biggest releases, check out the Daily Loaf Movie Review Index. And for more on Get Him To The Greek, check out this week's Reel Projections Podcast, posted Friday to Daily Loaf.]
Judd Apatow is the reigning king of the summer comedy. Sure, last year’s Funny People was a bit of a disappointment at the box office, but since 2004 Apatow has been responsible for more hits than just about anyone. I’m talking about Anchorman and The 40 Year Old Virgin and Superbad and Knocked Up. One of my favorites was Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was written by Apatow-alum Jason Segel (I Love You, Man) and directed by Nicholas Stoller. The story of a pathetic musical-comedy writer who goes to Hawaii in an attempt to forget about the chick who just dumped him, only to find her shagging an asshole rock star at the same resort, Marshall was a laugh riot and one of the best comedies of 2008.
This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2010.