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So I went and saw “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” last night, along with a million other people. And although I walked in with low expectations (because seriously, how many movies can Judd Apatow make that are hysterical), I loved it. Surprisingly, though, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” did not bring in as much money as the Jackie Chan-Jet Li flick, “The Forbidden Kingdom”.

“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”

The movie stars Kristen Bell as the sexy actress Sarah Marshall. After she breaks up with her boyfriend Peter (played by Jason Segel, who also wrote the movie), he flies to Hawaii to get away for awhile. Unfortunately, Sarah is also there, at the same resort, with her new boyfriend, a famous rockstar. Mila Kunis plays a girl who works at the resort, and aside from the way-too-tan look (just because you live in Hawaii, doesn’t mean you need to have a super tan), she does a great job.

Segel plays the role of the kinda nerdy, kinda funny, sweet boyfriend guy, and he does it well. He’s even comfortable with full frontal nudity. Prepare yourself for the shock. The thing about it is they threw in the penis shot for the shock-value, and while it achieved that goal, it didn’t add anything to the movie. Actually, it took away from the comedy of the scene a little. Instead of listening to Segel’s jokes, I’m staring at his, well, you know.

If I had any gripes about the movie, there might be two. One, as mentioned above, there was some gratuitous raunchiness. Sometimes raunchy is funny, and sometimes it’s just raunchy. The line is thin, and Segel crosses it once it or twice. The other is Jonah Hill. In “Superbad”, hilarious. In “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, not so much. He was just a little too whiny and clingy to the rock star. I laughed a couple times, sure. But mostly his scenes were my least favorite.

So, overall, worth seeing. It’s even worth seeing in the theater. You’ll laugh, and there’s even a sweet love story mixed in there. Grab some popcorn, fill up the soda, and cozy up for one of my favorite comedies of the year so far.

See more photos from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and the trailer below.

“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Photos