We Are Marshall and We Rock!

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2009)

We guys have all had some Sarah Marshalls during our lifetime- a ridiculously beautiful little blonde bombshell with a perky zest for romance, adventure, and sex. OK, don't we wish! But we guys have also been victims of The Marshall Plan when the Sarah Marshalls of the world have dropped the trouncing breakup bomb on us. The highly entertaining comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" encompasses the bitter tastes of the brutal break-up victimization process with comedic connotations. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is yet another brainchild of comedy producer mogul Judd Apatow and his riotous entourage. Jason Segel stars as Peter Bretter, a television show score musician who has scored himself with the hottie star of the show Sarah Marshall played by the bellisima Kristen Bell. But bedding Sarah Marshall becomes a past phenomenon for Peter when she breaks up with him. Peter is in the raw when she does the malicious dumperiski act so there is no doubt she lays the naked truth on him. Peter's life becomes a disarrayed existence in coming to grips with the heartbreak. He takes solace in his stepbrother Brian to help him ease the pain but to no avail. After some uncontrollable crying, Peter starts participating in the one-night-stand routines to help him forget Sarah. But Peter is still in the heartbreak dungeon. Eventually, he decides to go on a solo Hawaiian escapade. But faster than you can say "Aloha", he runs into Sarah and her rock star new boyfriend Aldous Snow portrayed by the unrestricted Russell Brand; Snow is a sex crazed British singing lunatic lothario who has an appetite for all hotties named Sarah (pause). , and Diana, and Jane, and Mary and. you get me. Brand has branded his raunchy British comedy to the States with an overwhelming welcome. Back to St. Peter- he encounters numerous outrageous experiences and befriends eccentric characters (besides Snow) during his Hawaiian experience including: Rachel Jensen (Mila Kunis), a cutesy hotel attendant who helps Mr. Peter roll over the breakup hump by devouring him of much pain and even a potentiality for a new romance is invoked. The ensemble acting of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" was a firecracker thespian experience. Besides the stellar performances from Segal, Bell, Kunis, and Brand- we also get some outlandish supporting turns from Paul Rudd as an amnesiac surfer (my personal favorite character of the film), Jonah Hill as an obsessive fan waiter, and the stupendous Bill Hader as the previously mentioned "Stepbrother of Peter"- Paul; I mean Brian. Director Nicholas Stroller is able to stroll his characters with effective dynamic scenarios and I also quite enjoyed how he incorporates Hawaii as central character to the film's developments. Double kudos goes out to Segal for also scribing the very funny screenplay; and the whole "Dracula Rock Opera" thang did not suck as some have said. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is unforgettable, that is what you are! Do not forget it! I sure won't as one my favorite comedies of all time! ***** Excellent