Might be Screamingly Funny if You're in your 20's or 30's

Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2008)

For someone my age (I'm well out of my thirties), "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is only mildly funny and the "hilarious" segments inserted for the youthful audience were not at all funny for me or my wife. However, the premise is credible, and the acting by Jason Segal (as Peter, the guy trying to forget), Kristen Bell (as Sarah), Russell Brand (as her new rock-star bedmate) and Mila Kunis (as Rachel Jensen, who ultimately replaces Sarah in Peter's affections) is quite good. One thing that surprised me. There are two scenes with frontal male nudity. The famous Marlon Brando movie, "Last Tango in Paris," got an X rating because of frontal male nudity -- and this is the first time since then I've encountered a film which broke that taboo. Have there been others? (The ban never made sense to me, but I wasn't responsible for the movie rating system.) The real revelation in this film is Mila Kunis: absolutely gorgeous. I can't imagine anyone without a blonde fetish who would choose Sarah over Rachel. Peter definitely made the right decision.