Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The latest dick-flick from producer Judd Apatow delivers everything that made '40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' so popular: slightly flabby, but sweet, men stuck in a state of arrested development; uninteresting, but drop-dead gorgeous women; and penises. Lots of them.

When you're not getting a full frontal of Peter Bretter (Jason Segel of 'How I Met Your Mother') jiggling his flaccid member against his legs, you have dick allusions, dick jokes and dick envy. Oh, and boobs also make an appearance.

Awkward. And yet strangely entertaining and endearing, because in this romantic disaster comedy, nakedness evokes vulnerability as much as it does sexuality.

Peter is a musician who dreams of composing a Dracula opera but pays the bills by composing 'tones' for a 'CSI' rip-off TV show, which stars his hottie girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). His 'perfect' life comes crashing down around him when Sarah, frustrated by his inertia, dumps him for someone else.

Unable to come to terms with her rejection — following a montage of get-over-her-shags — Peter eventually decides to take a holiday in Hawaii. Unfortunately he picks Sarah's favourite spot and she just happens to be there with her new boyfriend: the uber-cool, but pathologically stupid, British rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand).

After spending a few drunken days wailing in his luxury room, Peter starts befriending the hotel staff and guests. More particularly, he befriends the gorgeous hotel receptionist Rachel (Mila Kunis from 'That '70s Show'). Not only is Rachel ridiculously beautiful, she also happens to be a great gal and, perhaps most unbelievably, interested in Peter.

Written by Segel and directed by Nicholas Stoller, this film will sit comfortably in Apatow's repertoire of rom-coms for girls and guys. Fans will be chuffed with the appearance of regulars Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Jack McBrayer and Bill Hader and delighted with the litany of sex jokes.

Infinitely better than most recent adult comedies ('The Heartbreak Kid' and 'Good Luck Chuck' come to mind), 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall's biggest flaw is that it drags on a little too long.