Forgetting Sarah Marshall gives a new meaning to the phrase “laying it all out there.” Apatow Productions gives us yet another delightfully crass movie that is guaranteed to make you laugh or squirm, but most likely will make you do both. The plot line is somewhat generic as far as romantic comedies go, but the characters and their dilemmas are anything but so.

Television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) has just dumped Peter (Jason Segel), her long-time composer boyfriend in his living room…while he’s completely naked. The audience may be disturbed at first, but the discomfort quickly turns into a mass of laughter. This endearing awkwardness carries over into the rest of the film. Pete goes to Hawaii to take a break from all the crying he’s been doing only to find that Sarah and her rock-star lover Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) are not only on the island as well, but are staying in the same hotel. Soon enough, however, the tide starts to change when he begins to spend time with Rachel, the hotel receptionist (Mila Kunis).

It seems that the shining gem in Apatow pictures is the cast and Forgetting Sarah is not an exception. Jason Segel (also the writer of the film) is pretty flawless as the over-sensitive but lovable Peter. Kristen Bell is enjoyable as the stuffy Sarah, while Mila Kunis makes Rachel charmingly cool and just sweet enough to make her the one to root for.

But, some of the funniest moments should be credited to the outstanding supporting cast. Jonah Hill is great as an obnoxious and obsessed hotel employee. Paul Rudd is an essential as the stereotypical hippie surf instructor. Jack McBrayer is painfully funny as a man on his honeymoon who does not know what to do: “ She's complicated, like the Da Vinci Code, except harder to crack,” he tell Peter, referring to his wife. And, with any luck we will be seeing a lot of Russell Brand, who adds great comedic presence to this film as the terribly nonchalant rock-star dating Sarah.

Aside from its cast, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is full of hysterical one-liners and dialogue that may come off as asinine, but is bound to get a chuckle out even the prim and starchy types.

by Sanela Djokovic