Forgetting Sarah Marshall (DVD)

Judd Apatow is clearly a man who knows how to spot a niche market and go for it full tilt. After Knocked Up and SuperBad, the producer follows up with yet another skewed rom-com - Forgetting Sarah Marshall. "Forgetting" may look like and sound like a traditional rom com. Even the plot (a man dumped by his girlfriend goes on holiday to Hawaii to forget her, only to discover she is staying in the same hotel with her new boyfriend) is suitably ridiculous, unlikely and forced, perfectly fitting that genre. Despite initial appearances, though, at least some of "Forgetting" is an anti-rom com. It looks at the darker, more bitter side of ...  Read the complete review

For Peter (Jason Segel) things are going pretty well, he has a comfortable job and a famous TV star girlfriend. That is until Sarah (Kirsten Bell) comes home and drops the bombshell that she is breaking up with him and suddenly Peter's world falls apart. After three weeks and a succession of one night stands Peter decides to head on holiday to Hawaii to escape from Sarah and try and get over her. Only upon arrival at the resort one of the first people he bumps into is his ex, along with her new boyfriend (Russell Brand). Rather than run Peter decides to stick around and try and forget Sarah, whilst still seeing her just about every time he turns around. This ...  Read the complete review

Composer Peter (Jason Segel) has it easy: a cushy job that has him score a CSI-style tongue-in-cheek TV show, and the famed glamourous actress and star of the show Sarah Marshall as his girlfriend - most of his day is taken up with lounging around the house in his pyjamas, having sex and eating enormous bowls of cereal. While in the spotlight, he attends fancy dos with Ms. Marshall but is always the one stood in the corner, forgotten, while she poses for photographs and signs autographs, which just about suits him. But this is all turned on its head when Sarah breaks up with him in favour of another man, which sends Peter on a downward spiral into ...  Read the complete review

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (15) *********************** Film only review. If you liked 40 year old virgin and knocked up, then you may just like this 2008 film.... Cast ******* Peter Bretter( Jason Segel) Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) Rachel Jansen (receptionist and hotel worker) (Mila Kunis) Aldous Snow(Russell Brand) Directed by Nicholas Stoller Plot **** Forgetting Sarah Marshal is a pretty average romantic comedy. Boy gets dumped, goes a bit mad, meets new girl, old girl wants him back.... What does he do? That put rather simply is ...  Read the complete review

Peter has got a great life, he is a composer and he is happily living with his girlfriend who is the latest TV star, Sarah Marshall. But Peters world is about to change when Sarah breaks up with him as she is seeing someone else, the newest and hottest English rock star, Aldous. Peter takes the break up very bad and after speaking to his brother he takes the advise given to him and goes to Hawaii on holiday. When he gets there he finds the hotel is too expensive for him but when he sees Sarah and Aldous in the same hotel the receptionist takes pity on him and gives him a room for free. Peter is soon finding he cannot go anywhere without seeing the happy ...  Read the complete review