Produced by go to comedy guy Judd Apatow and written by lead
actor Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah
Marshall is a comedy that I was never in much of a rush to see. I vaguely remember
it being around in 2008 but it didn’t entice me to the cinema. I’ve since
become more familiar with Segel’s films and when someone at work offered to
lend me the DVD I thought why not? I’m glad I did borrow it as it’s a
remarkable romantic comedy that completely surprised me with its extremely
funny script, well drawn characters and endearing storyline.
Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is a fairly successful TV
Composer who is in a five year relationship with the actress Sarah Marshall (Kristen
Bell). One day and almost out of the blue Sarah tells Peter that she is ending
their relationship and leaves him. Depressed and heartbroken Peter decides to
go away for a few days and heads to Hawaii
where, yup, you’ve guessed it, Sarah is also staying with her new rock star
boyfriend Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Feeling even more depressed than he was
back in L.A, Peter attempts to at least try and forget Sarah and is helped by
the hotel staff which includes the attractive concierge Rachel (Mila Kunis).
