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I recently saw the latest entry into ApaTOWN(copyright) and went into it with relatively high expectations. I’ve enjoyed Jason Segal in all his incarnations including Freaks & Geeks, How I Met Your Mother, and even Knocked Up. Needless to say, I expected to be wowed by some wild and crazy take on the standard rom-com. I was sorely disappointed. There were 2 or 3 specific points in the movie where I was waiting for them to turn a corner, but director Nicholas Stoller sent me down the same old, cheesy path.

The movie wasn’t completely bogus. The afformentioned Segal was stellar and Mila Kunis played a decent love interest. However it did become a bit of a sausage fest (and I don’t mean it was like my Friday and Saturday nights in college). If you haven’t heard, Segal shows his wiener…multiple times. As I am in the last week of medical school, it’s not like I haven’t had my fair share of penises to inspect, but it kept appearing in the movie like a recurring theme in a Shakespearan play.

Anyway, the true low point for me was Kristen Bell. Just because she’s a pretty face doesn’t mean she has chops. Her character felt very constrained and her emotions were nearly non-existent.Despite this low point I’ll probably netflix it in a few months to remember the hilarious opera that Segal’s character composes that I won’t ruin for you.Note* Jason Segal based the break-up scene and the opera on his real life experiences.