One not soon to forget

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2009)

Recap: Musician Peter is dating TV-star Sarah Marshall, star of the popular series Crime Scene. They have been a happy couple for five years, or so Peter believes anyway. But one day, according to Peter out of the blue, he gets dumped by Sarah. Against all advice he goes to Hawaii, to the same hotel where Sarah and her new boyfriend, Aldous Snow, is on vacation. Severely unhappy, Peter soon realizes that it will get worse before it gets better.
Comments: This is another piece of evidence that Jason Segel , both starring in and writing this movie, is an emerging star on the comedy heaven. Here he has put together a really nice story, and it actually is a story. I almost expected that it would be one joke after another in a pointless stream, but no, Forgetting Sarah Marshall actual got a real story. And, of course, a lot of jokes too. But they are not independent of another, they work together and so achieving much more success. Because this movie is really funny.
It got a real good cast too. As mentioned, Segel plays the main character of Peter and does it real well. He got two beautiful ladies supporting him in Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell, but also Russell Brand that really has a great character to work with. Also there a lot of minor characters that add flavor and laughter to this comedy.
It is this combination of simple jokes and complexity of a story and characters that makes the movie great. It doesn't repeat itself, it is not a copy from other movies. It is both brand new and entirely familiar at the same time.
I recommend it.
8/10