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It really was a no brainer on whether this movie would be any good or not. I mean, I really enjoyed The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and I laughed until I nearly cried at Knocked Up. So really, if the people who brought us these great guy films were to bring us another one in, oh, say, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it would stand to reason that it too would be just as good as the previous two movies, right? Right! I could tell early on that I was going to laugh at this one, and I wasn't disappointed. However, I must warn you that if you didn't enjoy the first two movies I mentioned, then this one isn't for you. It's full of that great guy humour that was all throughout the other two and if you're easily offended by sexual humour, then stay away.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is about a guy named Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) who has a job as a sound guy on a television show. It's the same show that his girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) is the main star of. It seems that everyone loves the beautiful Sarah (and why wouldn't she be loved, she's hot!) and this makes Peter feel like the luckiest guy in the world. Yet, like all good things which must come to an end, Sarah crushes Peter's love when she announces that there is somebody else in her life. The devastated Peter goes through all the typical motions (burns her photos, smashes a chair through a movie screen while at work) before his former step-brother gives him some much needed advice that will change his life… Peter should go on a trip to get Sarah out of his head. So Peter decides Hawaii would be a nice change of scenery (what would be wrong with Hawaii, right?).

Once he lands though it seems like misery loves company, because who does he run into but his tramp (it's the tamest word I could use here) of a girlfriend and her new boy-toy, British rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). What ensues is a torrent of weeping and self-loathing until Peter gets to know the beautiful (beautiful is an understatement, as she is smoking!) Rachel Jansen (Mila Kunis), the hotel's customer service representative, who quickly his mind off of his problem. This is just a brief rundown, as it just wouldn't be right to spoil the movie for you.

Aside from the two beauties, Bell and Kunis (and who could get tired of looking at them), what really made Forgetting Sarah Marshall so good was the guy humor. It's pretty much how guys talk when they're in the locker room, or just out and about with the boys. Most of the lines and humor I can't really talk about here (not because of spoiling anything, but rather because it just can't be printed) but some good ones were "This place smells like a stripper's perfume. I'm going to get herpes just sitting on this ." and "If God were a city planner, why would he put a playground next to a sewage plant?" My favourite one, though, was when Peter, Rachel, Sarah and Aldous were sitting and having supper and were discussing an earlier movie that Sarah had filmed. It had involved cell phones killing you and Rachel was talking about how it was a metaphor for how society was too dependent on technology and Aldous says "It's a metaphor for a crap movie!" (maybe it doesn't sound funny, but trust me, go see the movie and you'll laugh). I really wish I could go into the really good stuff a little more in-depth, but alas, it just wouldn't be right (just keep in mind Knocked Up).

All in all, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a very enjoyable film and I thoroughly recommend it (not just for us guys but also for the open-minded women out there). I say my little aside there because I know of some people who thought Knocked Up was a little too much, so those people (and I won't say who) should stay away. The rest of us … go and enjoy because it's really worth it. From a guy's perspective, I give it a two thumbs up and a three and a half star rating.

Pros: Kristen Bell in a bikini, Mila Kunis, the special lesson on the beach with the chess pieces

Cons: Not as good as the unrated version will be, no Mila Kunis in a bikini, ending just a little weak