"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is billed as being "from the guys who brought you "The 40-year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up". You can certainly see a lot of the same elements here with the raunchy humor, but this one sort of misses the mark. Although there is some raunchy humor, much of it seems to be put in just to say this is a "raunchy sex comedy" (OK, I just used the word "raunchy" 3 times..oh, that's 4). Most of these scenes barely have any humor to them at all. Overall, the movie does have some funny scenes and is not a bad comedy, but something is off. The premise is that Peter (Jason Segel) is dating Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), a TV star who decides she would much rather be with rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) and dumps him. Peter is devastated and goes to Hawaii to escape his sorrow. Unfortunately, Sarah and her new beau are also there and he can not avoid them. Some of the situations set up in Hawaii were just stupid. When Peter finds the hotel with no rooms available, the beautiful desk clerk, Rachel (Mila Kunis), decides she will let him stay in the most exclusive suite in the place, free of charge, of course. We all know a desk clerk has that kind of authority and no one will ask questions! As he is immediately smitten by her, you also have no doubt the two of them will end up together at some point. Most of the funny material comes from the supporting cast. Snow's attitude toward commitment and monogamy make for some funny lines. The maitre'd (Jonah Hill), the surf instructor (Paul Rudd) and some of the other hotel staff are much funnier than the main cast. There is also the break-up scene which starts with Peter in a towel and quickly moves to him totally nude, which is really more male nudity than I needed to see! Be warned, we are talking frontal nudity here. So, this is basically an OK movie with some funny moments but not enough for a recommendation. It is not awful, just not great.Grade: C-
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