From the guys who brought you “40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up”- and rightly so – comes a raunchy say-it-like-it-is R rated romantic comedy about a guy named Peter (Jason Segel) a composer by day, devastated that his girlfriend, the famous TV actress Sarah (Kristen Bell) has dumped him, by night. So when the going gets tough, the tough go to Hawaii. Except when Peter gets there, the going gets tougher as Sarah has just showed up with her new beau, British rocker (Russell Brand). Peter’s anger is psycho-depressing from the get-go, her behavior is inappropriate, and frankly, they deserve each other. It’s like a tabloid episode of Heather Locklear and one of her rock star boyfriend/husband triangles. Yet in this case, it’s the ‘out there’ rock star who steals the show with his dry and nasty point of view on women, sex and life, as the only character who truly seems to know what he wants. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is just plain forgettable. That said, the premise also lacks the heart and soul that romantic comedies with a conscience need in order to be dependable. Two and a half tiaras
