Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Director: NIcholas Stoller
Starring: Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis Paul Rudd, Bill Hader
Year: 2008 
Run Time: 110 Minutes
How: Apple TV (iTunes)

Peter Bretter (Segel) is a composer is musician who composes the music for his beautiful actress girlfriend Sarah Marshall's (Bell) TV Show, that is until Marshall breaks up with him and reveals that there is another man. Peter goes into a spiral after the breakup and at his brother's (Hader) insistence, he flies to Hawaii to clear his head as the title suggests. 

Peter arrives in Hawaii only to find that Sarah is staying at the same resort with her new lover Aldous Snow (Brand). Snow is a lothario rock star and is yet another roll in which Brand plays himself, though he manages to be funnier than most of his other work. Peter frets over this for a while but starts the befriend the hotel staff, including the hilarious Paul Rudd as Kunu the surf instructor who doesn't quite all there mentally. Meanwhile Peter falls for the front desk girl played by Kunis.

Produced Judd Apatow, the film feature many of his regular actors, notably: Segel, Paul Rudd, and Jonah Hill.  Segel once again showcases his musical abilities which we have seen as far back as Freaks and Geeks, which was also produced by Apatow. Peter performs songs from his Dracula musical, which features puppets (along the lines of Avenue Q).

The film is solid throughout with a strong performance by Segel and Kunis. Brand holds his own but fails to show any range, once again playing a role similar to himself. Rudd, Hill and Jack McBrayer all provide laugh out loud moments and help make this movie quite rewatchable.

Rating: 7.2/10

Average User Rating: 9