Film Review - Forgetting Sarah Marshall

When I bought 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' on DVD, I had no idea what this film was about, nor had I heard of it. It's not the kind of film I usually pick up, and from the cover I assumed it was going to be something that would be worse than Zooey Deschanel's acting. How wrong was I.

The film was directed by Nicholas Stoller, and stars Jason Segal (How I Met Your Mother), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Mila Kunis (Yes, Meg is hot in real life!), Russel Brand and the fat one from Superbad.

So, Jason Segal plays Peter, who has been in a long term relationship with Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). A famous actress, and he happens to be completely obsessed with her. So, she breaks up with him, and to help 'forget' her, he takes a holiday to Hawaii. However, Sarah is there with her new boyfriend Aldous (Russel Brand).

First of all, I have to say that this film is genuinely hilarious. It's not like one of those films that is full of slapstick and horrific references to everything ever. (Kind of like Epic Movie...). The humour is sick, dry and crude but always laugh at loud and brilliantly timed.

Segal was perfectly cast as Peter. He looks like the kind of dork who we all love and he plays that dork really well. He has great comic timing and his delivery of jokes is right on the mark.

Bell was also great, she plays the whiny ex-girlfriend to a 'T' and I really enjoyed all the scenes with her in. To me, Kristen Bell is one of the best young stars in Hollywood right now. I hope she takes on some more serious roles in the future, because she was fabulous in 'Veronica Mars'. She has the makings to be the next Jennifer Aniston, and hopefully we'll see more of her in the future.

Mila Kunis, you'll recognise the voice but not the face. Kunis is the voice for Meg Griffin of 'Family Guy' and she delivers a pretty good performance, although the character is quite cliche. The 'not so ordinary' girl, who can look after herself. I really liked her in this film, and she added some spice to the movie, and the chemistry between Segal and herself was believable.

I have to admit though, as much as I hate the guy, Russel Brand really did steal the show. He was incredibly hilarious, and has a great moment with Paul Rudd. "You sound like you're from LAANDAAN!" - "Yeah, I'm from London".

I was creased anyway.

As mentioned, the film has so many laugh out loud moments, "I'm doing a handstand, motherf*cker". But I have to warn you, it's not one to watch with the parents, as we do get an eyeful of Segal's nether regions several times. (Which is also hilarious)

There's so much more I can say about this film, heck I haven't even written about the Dracula musical yet. I really urge you to get this movie and watch it. It is honestly one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time, and these comedies don't usually appeal to me.

5/5 (I really can't fault it. Honestly.)