I Love You, Man by John Hamburg

Category: English

Paul Rudd's character is to get married to Rashida Jones' character and while their busy looking at the wedding they realize that Rudd never had a strong male bond with any of his friends. Over the years he has only women friends and so the quest for finding his Best Man or his 'bromance' begins.

After hunting around with the help from his gay brother and the internet he eventually finds nothing. Enter Segel's character and things take a turn for good as he instantly connects with him.

While the movie takes a pedestrian look at how guys bond in the most stereotypical manner, Rudd manages to pick this movie up from the standard set of comedies that are around these days. Segel is the perpetual best friend, this guy can almost never be a lead - am convinced. Everyone (even in real life) wants a best friend like him right from his How I met your mother days.

Entertaining to watch with the friends after a hard days work I reckon. But not world class cinema.

Recommendation level: 2/5. Rudd and Segel take this to 2.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall by Nicholas Stoller

Category: English

Funny movie with a simple premise, Jason Segel gets his heart broken and is trying hard to forget the girl of his dreams aka Sarah Marshall. She picks the British lover over him and as he first fights to come to terms with the break up he eventually realizes several things about their relationship which probably could never have been worked out.

He's also aided by Mila Kunis' character.

The movie is sadly funny in patches and not completely a stellar film to check out. The 4 characters we find on screen regularly do a good job but there's nothing solid in the script or the execution of it. As a result there are some funny scenes but sadly Kristen Bell's plastic face makes this film really boring in many parts. Am sure it's fun to watch with friends or when drunk but normally this is an average movie.

Recommendation level: 1.5/5. Got this from a friend!