Does Judd Apatow Fail?

Hailed as the current King of Comedy, he is box office and critical gold, and rare thing in today's dichotomous world of popcorn blasters and artistic mincers. The 40 Year Old Virgin was a raging success, and Knocked up was the (cliche alert) runaway hit of the summer. He's got an earmark for raunchy R comedy with lots of heart. And his films are usually dabbled with an assortment of his friend actors and/or wife.

I laughed as hard as anyone at the 40 year old virgin, and Knocked up had me chuckling, even if the plot wasn't particularly fulfilling.

Superbad wasn't quite as rewarding, though admittedly I missed it in the theater and nothing beats a large audience to amp up the laughs in a comedy.

And now there is "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Essentially the same cast as his previous films, essentially the same plot, this is essentially the same film you've seen for the last two years. Schleppy guy is still a man/boy. He finds a girl, screws things up, learns how to not be a man/boy, and wins the girl. Insert cameos and lots of improvised sexomedy, and whalah, film complete.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall doesn't get a megaFAIL, but all the things I found new and funny three years ago, just don't cut the mustard these days. It's like a good joke you've heard twice before. You have to admit the joke is good, but you don't laugh the next time you hear it.

So where does the FAIL lie? The fail is given to the guy who tells me the joke three times in a row, and expects me to keep laughing.

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