Dir. Nicholas Stoller
Writ. Jason Segal
Act. Jason Segal, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Russell Brand

I haven't laughed this hard at movie in quite sometime, probably since Knocked Up. Which isn't a surprise considering that both movies had the comedic touch of Judd Apatow, the creator of such movies as Anchorman, and The 40 Year Old Virgin. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a delightful movie in which the insanity of the comedy is kept steady with the light touches of reality to make this movie very enjoyable.

Peter, played by Jason Segal (Knocked Up,) had his heart broken by his famous TV star actress Sarah, played by Kristen Bell (Pulse,) and decides to drown his sorrows in Hawaii. Once Peter arrives he discovers that Sarah is also in Hawaii and the same hotel with her new boyfriend, pop star Aldous Snow, played by Russell Brand (Penelope.) Peter decides to stay despite Sarah's presence and develops a relationship with the a hotel employee Rachel, played by Mila Kunis (TV's Family Guy, voice of Meg Griffen.)

This movie has many funny situations and one-liners to die for. The one delivering most of the situations is Jason Segal. He also wrote the film and did a wonderful job of mixing real life into this funny comedy. The very beginning of the film, after the breakup, Jason has Peter sleeping with many women because that is what guys do to get over a woman. Many hilarious things happen in these brief scenes and yet when he is all done sleeping around, he feels just the same or worse, that he did right after the breakup. The best example is when Jason has Sarah validate her breakup with Peter. Although it is quite humorous, the logic behind the breakup is justifiable and quite frightening to those who are living that way, or realistic to those men, and woman, who have had it happen to them.

The movie was fast paced and at no time was it slow. The humor was great and director Nicholas Stoller who help write Fun With Dick and Jane, seemed to let the actors do their thing and kept the pace of the movie fast, which is necessary for comedies.

One actor who I enjoyed the least amount in the movie was Jonah Hill (Superbad) who played Mathew the waiter. He could have also been Seth from Superbad or Jonah from Knocked Up, or the Ebay Customer from 40 Year Old Virgin. He does the same thing over and over and over. Eventually I would like to see if he can do any kind of different characterization. Else he will be in straight to DVD's in the near future. I will say that his character was the recipient of the best line in the movie, when Mathew asked Aldous if he had listened to his demo, Aldous replied, "Well, I was going to then……I got on with my life." F*cking hilarious.

One last thing, I don't know who was responsible, but I love the use of a real life "problem" in the movie to almost help an actress out. To explain, Mila Kunis, who I thought did a great job in this movie by the way, had a picture of herself released on the internet in the last year or so, with her drunk, and exposing her lovely breasts. In the movie, the bar that Peter and Rachel (Kunis) went to had a mural of naked or topless women in the men's bathroom. Peter noticed it and went to Rachel to ask about it and she explained that she was drunk and a boyfriend made her go topless and the bar owner took the picture. Anyway, I love that this real, embarrassing event that happened to a young drunk actress, was written into the story and now explained away forever. I just think its neat.

This movie is easily one of the funnier ones to come out in a while. It is definitely worth a look-see at the movies before the over-hyped blockbusters start rolling out in May. I continue to be impressed with the work Judd Apatow is putting together and will be at the theater for his next effort.

Brian - the Naked Gun