I almost shut this off after 30 minutes, glad I did not now,

Rating: 7/10 (2 October 2008)

Yes, I was about to shut this off after about 30 minutes,there were a few reasons,mainly I did not know who the people playing the leads were, the plot seemed silly & I felt the 2 leads were very annoying.
I am very glad now I stayed to the end. I do not quite understand the very high ratings; I would up enjoying most of it.
The director is Nicholas Stoller & he does do a nice job directing a cast of mostly Unknowns (to me at least)
Jason Segal wrote the screenplay & enacts the lead role,He is a tall man & we do see ALLof him. His early scenes, I did not care for, he is a good comic & he did finally win me over. Kristin Bell a pretty blond did not win me over. Mila Kunis a very pretty & lovely brunette did win me over, she definitely has talent. Russell Brand an English actor is quite good. Bill Hader plays Jasons step-brother & I feel he gave the best performance of the male actors.
The only 2 names I recognized, Jonah Hill (the heavy-set waiter) & Paul Rudd as the Surf-riding instructor were very good in there shorter roles. Personally, I want to see Paul Rudd in featured roles,To me HE IS A STAR.
Be sure to stay thru the extras on the DVD, you will find out all bout the use of the puppets in the last scenes. Very inventive.
It seems it was the writers idea, before he even started the screenplay.
Most of the film was made in beautiful Hawaii.
This is not a Four Star film by any means, but it is good & I think most people who like raunchy sex scenes will like the movie
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 82 points(out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)