Best Comedy of '08 So Far!

Rating: 9/10 (18 April 2008)

If I hadn't won tickets to see this movie last night, I might not have seen it until it came out on DVD and I was able to watch it at home, avoiding the outrageously high prices at my local theater. Let me say that I LOVED this movie, its cast, and the humor in the writing -- and I would pay to see it again and again if I could afford it. That's just how much I loved it.
Sarah Marshall is an actress on a show called "Crime Scene" and her boyfriend Peter Bretter writes the music for the show. She breaks up with him within the first five minutes, and he becomes this sad, pathetic, crying mess soon afterward. When he can't get his mind off her, he decides to go to a resort in Hawaii that she had mentioned to him a few times before, unknowingly arriving at the same place that Sarah is with her new boyfriend... and trouble ensues, as with most movies of this particular genre! I figured "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" would be this sappy chick flick peppered with some humor here and there, but I didn't give it nearly enough credit. It's not sappy, and I definitely wouldn't consider it a chick flick; it's got a little something for everyone (unless, of course, you're under 17 -- and I wouldn't recommend taking anyone under that age to see it, either). The humor is somewhat crude at times, but will still make you laugh to exhaustion, though the nudity often caught me off guard, and there are elements of a romance plugged into the plot, which will please the women who see this movie.
Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Bill Hader (probably best known for "SNL"), and the unknown Russell Brand really came together and pulled off this hilarious movie. I definitely recommend seeing it!!