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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 180
Released: September 30, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Join the cast of Forgetting Sarah Marshall as they dare to bare all in this Unrated Collector’s Edition filled with more laughs, more adventure and way more fun!
Peter (Jason Segel) is a struggling musician who finds his world turned upside down when his TV celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), dumps him for a tragically hip rock star. It’s the hysterically funny look at how far one man will go to forget a girl – and all the fun he finds along the way!
Description of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Three-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition):
Breaking up is hard to do--but that doesn't mean you can't have some belly laughs about it. Forgetting Sarah Marshall provides that rare treat: a romantic comedy about breakups, that is both romantic and funny. The laughs, especially from writer-star Jason Segel, are both heartfelt and raunchy, and the film is just unexpected enough that it keeps the viewer's attention till the end. The touches of producer Judd Apatow, who's famously retooled rom-coms to appeal to guys as much as women, are woven throughout the film, but Segel's script, reportedly based on many of his own experiences, is fresh and original. And adult. Forgetting Sarah Marshall features male genitalia laffs presented in unexpected and human ways (the nude breakup scene is played for giggles but also deep poignancy), and the language and sex scenes are strictly for grownups--and rightly so. Segel's script, and his performance as Peter, show that he understands the true nature of adult relationships, which provides the refreshing difference between this film and some of Apatow's other crude creations. The cast is sublime; Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) plays title character Sarah, a self-absorbed actress, and Russell Brand is her new British honey who accompanies her to--what are the chances?--the exact same Hawaiian resort as Peter, who's nursing his broken heart. Mila Kunis plays Rachel, the resort employee who gives Peter a reason to hope, and Paul Rudd is the surfing instructor who gives him his own brand of heartfelt advice ("When life gives you lemons, just say 'F--- the lemons' and bail," he says cheerily). The pacing is screwball, and the absurdities fly (a "Dracula" musical puppet show, and a surprisingly lovely Hawaiian version of "Nothing Compares 2 U"). Nothing the viewer will forget any time soon.--A.T. Hurley
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Hilarious 
2008-08-24 - I thought this movie was great. It was funny, it was entertaining, and it had a lot of heart.
Jason Segel put together a great script.
If you're looking for a movie that will provide laughs similar to Superbad ad Knocked Up, check this film out...
Finally, a sensible and realistic movie about breaking-up 
2008-07-05 - There have been dozens of movies made about breaking-up, whether it be from the woman's perspective or the man's. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" sets new high standards in that league of films, that portray break-up as a realistic event, and not some romantically overdone sequence of droopy love songs.
Peter Bretter is a musician for a TV series, and is also the reclusive boyfriend of the lead actress of the show - Sarah Marshall. Sarah gets all the attention and the limelight, while Peter is left out in the cold corner (holding her purse). The movie begins with the break-up. So that you know where the focus of the story lies - no meaningless context-setting or flashback sequences. Cut to the chase.
Peter realizes that he needs to get over Sarah, and so he decides to go to Hawaii - to a place Sarah had suggested once as a good place to visit. But, as luck would have it, Sarah is also at the same resort, with her rock singer boyfriend - which incidentally becomes first of the many secrets that Peter comes to know during his stay at the resort.
He has some really interesting days there, with the cook, the waiter, the front-desk girl, the front-desk girl's ex-boyfriend... you get the drift. Soon enough, pretty much everyone knows that Peter is in the hotel, and that he is the ex-boyfriend of Sarah, who is also at the hotel.
What follows is a really hilarious look at a guy's perspective of breaking-up with his girlfriend of five years (well, at least he thinks so!), and how he copes with his grief. While some scenes might look outright unbelievable to some (like when there's the sound of a woman sobbing from Peter's room...), they go really well with his character in the story, and Jason does an extremely good job at portraying a goofy doofus of a guy, who is more confused about his life than a Möbius strip!
It makes you realize just how hard it really is - no matter how easy the movies make it look by filling it up with a song by Sinéad O'Connor or something similar. Like Peter says, "maybe it's because you broke my heart into a million pieces...".
What I said earlier about no flashbacks just implied none at the beginning of the movie. Throughout the story, you get these one- or half-a-minute snippets from the earlier life of the characters, like from before the movie picks up. These flashes are very well edited and superbly placed throughout the script, and they pepper up the storyline every now and then.
An excellent piece of work from the team that brought you Knocked Up and Superbad.
Overall Score: 4 / 5
Hawaii looked nice. 
2008-06-16 - Just about the only good thing I can say about this movie was that Hawaii looked nice. I will admit that everyone has their own preferences. Personally, I did not find this movie funny at all. What is so funny about making fun of nerds? A big, couch-potato nerd eating cereal out of a mixing bowl. Wow. That really had me rolling in the aisle. (In case you didn't notice, I was being sarcastic.) Or, same nerd being dumped while he's naked. Hardy. Har. Har. What social commentary is this movie making--that nerds don't know how to behave appropriately in society and have sex, and are basically losers? (Tell that to Bill Gates.) I give this movie a thumbs down.
[4.5] A Couples Version of Entourage
2008-06-09 - Going by the title Forgetting Sarah Marshall sounds like your typical cliché Hollywood romantic comedy and I wasn't expecting much. I'd compare it to another film title, The The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition) which I expected a dumb but funny movie and instead got a movie with great characters and a heart which is also what you get with this film. This makes sense being that Judd Apatow co wrote it along with Jason Segel who also plays the main character and was Seth Rogan's friend Jason in the movie Knocked Up - Unrated (Two-Disc Collector's Edition). Several favorites from Apatow films are present such as Jonah Hill (Superbad (Unrated Widescreen Edition)) and Paul Rudd. SNL's funny Bill Hader is strong and steals some scenes as well.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall follows, Peter Bretter, (Jason Segel) a sound mixer for a CSI type show starring his famous soon to be ex girlfriend Sarah Marshall. Shortly after Sarah dumps Peter he goes on vacation in Hawaii to cheer himself up only to find her there with her new British sex god rocker boyfriend. The hot desk clerk at the hotel feels for Peter and gives him one of the best suites at the hotel, eventually there is a connection and she has him second guessing if Sarah ever really made him happy.
What I just described still sounds like your typical Hollywood cliché romantic comedy. The difference is Apatow and the characters he helps create are complex their not just good or bad, he tends to show you the good side but in a realist, relatable, and uncorny way. It also gives a real feel look at celebrities in an Entourage - The Complete Fourth Season type of way but from a couples point of view.
I highly recommend this if you like Apatow films. I'd rank this and The 40 Year Old Virgin as the best followed by Knocked Up and then Superbad. This didn't do as well as the others but should be sought out on dvd. Plus, where else do you get to see A comedic opera version of Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) performed by puppets.
Unforgettable
2008-05-31 - I saw this movie twice. It was still as funny, if not funnier the second time around. Jason Segal is amazing as the 'everyman'. He is good, not great-looking. He has a good job that's not as great as his girlfriend's or her new boyfriend's. He is sloppy and kind of a dork. His world is devasted when his tv star girlfriend breaks up with him after 5 1/2 years together. Segal is truly believable (and hysterical) in his depression. To try to forget Sarah, he takes his dream vacation to Hawaii, a place recommended by Sarah. Unfortunately he can't escape his heartache, when he arrives in Hawaii only to find Sarah and her new beau superstar singer Aldous Snow at the same resort. Here the comedy hits overdrive. There is a lot of humor (although it never reaches the crude levels of "Superbad" or even "Knocked Up".) The co-stars are a treat as we get to see Jonah Hill and Paul Rudd as well as Alec Baldwin and Jason Bateman, all in hysterical roles. The reason this comedy works so well is because you can't help but like these characters. There is a lot of humanity in this film and that makes it feel real. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is a film that would be hard to forget.
