Forgetting Sarah Marshal: Movie Review
I've been busy at the theaters lately. Last Saturday I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshal. I liked it. But there is a certain type of person that is going to find this movie funny.

Forgetting Sarah Marshal focuses on the rebound of a young Hollywood composer after his famous actress girlfriend breaks up with him. Wanting to get out of town to clear his head he takes a trip to Hawaii only to find that his ex-girlfriend and her new rockstar boy toy are spending the week there as well. Awkward. I don't want to give away anything more about the plot. But it is safe to say that hilarity ensues.

It is not the perfect movie the premise is far fetched and the plot lot meanders along. But it is a fun ride filled with interesting characters.

In a movie where the main character is dealing with major heartbreak it is easy to make the ex look like a heartless bitch. But Peter, Jason Segel, is equally as flawed as Sarah Marshal, played by Kristen Bell. By the time you throw in Albus the rock star and Rachel the resort concierge and local hottie you have a core cast of likable characters played by capable actors.

Did I mention is was raunchy? It might be best not to go to this film with your parents. Brief frontal male nudity and thinly veiled sexual references run through out. But that is to be expected going into an Apatow film.

I have been a fan of writer/producer Judd Apatow ever since the short run television show Freaks and Geeks. He has gathered a group of young actors and writers whom have pounded out movie after movie recently. (SuperBad, Knocked Up, Anchorman, and Talidega Nights to name a few) His works are keyed into the psyche of college and post college guys who are trying to figure out what life is all about. Forgetting Sarah Marshal was produced by him but written by the lead actor Jason Segel.

The greatest compliment I could give this film is the fact that I honestly have not laughed so much at a film in years. Great humor permeates every scene.