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Possibly the unfunniest comedy ever made, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is... Wait, let’s back up. That’s completely backward. Written by actor Jason Segal (Knocked Up Undeclared, Freaks and Geeks), Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the kind of romantic comedy straight men can get behind and not just because Segel unveils his manliness more times than you can count (actually four full-on frontal nudity shots, but who’s keeping count?). Forgetting Sarah Marshall belongs to the sub-genre of romantic comedies that turn on losing then finding love with the "right" person (as opposed to the "right-now" person). It also fits into what one critic or reviewer has called, semi-pretentiously, the "cinema of discomfort" (actually, it was this critic who said that), comedies that center on putting characters in socially awkward situation after socially awkward situation (e.g., Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents).
For Peter Bretter (Jason Segel), a television composer with dreams of putting together a rock opera involving Sesame Street-style puppets, vampires, and eternal love, it doesn’t get more socially awkward when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), the star of a CSI- television series, Crime Scene, dumps him for an English rock star, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, a genuine comedic find). After a string of one-night stands, each more disastrous than the last, Peter takes his step-brother Brian’s (Bill Hader, deadpan, perfect) advice and goes on vacation to Hawaii, a place Sarah always talked about visiting but never did. Not coincidentally, Sarah and Snow are already in Hawaii. Worse, they’re staying in the same hotel. Preferring to torture himself further, Peter takes the suite right next to Sarah and Aldous.
Luckily for Peter, a hotel employee, Racheal (Mila Kunis), takes first pity, then actual interest in him, hanging with him after hours, introducing him to confidence-building activities, and all around making him feel better about himself and the break-up. Of course, just as Peter gets closer to Racheal, Sarah begins to have second doubts about a future with the self-absorbed snow, setting up the inevitable choice for Peter: a future with Racheal or the past with Sarah. Along the way, Peter takes life lessons from a stoner surfing instructor (Paul Rudd), observes relationships around him sputter or take off, all the while running into another hotel employee, Matthew (Jonah Hill), who plays on Peter’s anxieties and doubts about himself.
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Funny movie, I really love the songs on the soundtrack 'Mystique GP's' song was great. The sound track was really good. Five Stars for this one. Great Flick.
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