Forgetting Sarah Marshall If you are seeking a good date movie to take your other half to (or your other third or other fourth depending on what type of relationships you are into, or hell just go by yourself), then you have found it. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is about Peter (who is played by Jason Segel who also wrote the movie) who loses his girlfriend of five years. Sarah is played by Kristen Bell (also seen in "Gossip Girl" and "Heroes"). The various posters actually do a pretty good job of capturing the feel of the movie. It starts off with Peter looking lovingly at his and Sarah's little pictures that they have taken together over the last couple of years, and not five minutes later she comes in and dumps him. To get over his grief Peter decides to go Hawaii, when guess who shows up. Do you need me to tell you? I bet you guessed correctly (do I sound like Mr. Rogers?), Sarah and her new beau, the rock star Aldous Snow, played to perfection, absolute perfection by Russell Brand. Peter's new love interest, who he meets at the hotel in Hawaii, is played by Mila Kunis. She starred as Jackie in "That 70s Show". Mila more than holds her own in this movie, and brings a little backbone to the plot, where everybody else is somewhat dysfunctional, her character is a bit of a smart ass.
 The script is very well rounded and throws us a couple of monkey wrenches along the way just to keep thing interesting. It centers on Peter and his particular situation, but Peter's character never hogs any of the scenes. Everything flows from the nature of the various characters Peter meets along the way. Some of the funniest lines are given to the guys that tend to just pop in and out of the movies plot. Forgetting Sarah Marshall has a smart script and a strong cast. I really loved Russell Brand's rock star, kind of dim, but still very lovable. Peter wants to hate him, but can't because Aldous is so "cool", even for the guy that just stole his girlfriend. This whole movie could be a postcard for a Hawaii vacation. They rub it in your nose how great everything looks there. This is not a ten, but it definitely has legs, and was a pleasure to watch. This is everything Meet the Fockers should have been, and wasn't. The movie's sense of humor is more on the gentle side, never really absurd. It never goes over the top. Go see it.
PS. For those of you that have already seen the movie, I wanted to hear that demo, why did they leave it out? It would have been a great song to play over the closing credits, a perfect ending. I was disappointed. I wanted to hear the demo !! I guess I will go stick in my DVD of Nacho Libre instead.
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