| Overall Grade: | -- |
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| Run Time: | 112 |
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| Video Release: | 29 Sep 2008 |
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ShareForgetting Sarah Marshall is rated R: for sexual content, language and some graphic nudity
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Because we usually only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film's synopsis and content.
Synopsis:
Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is having a hard time Forgetting Sarah Marshall, his former, TV star girlfriend (Kristen Bell). But distracting himself by taking a trip to Hawaii turns out to have the opposite effect intended when he discovers his ex and her new boyfriend (Russell Brand) are also vacationing at the same resort.
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Jack McBrayer.
Studio: 2008 Universal Pictures.
Content Details
Content Information:
This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence (little blood is shown).
- One scene involves the slaughter of an animal.
Sexual Content:
- Crude and descriptive sexual references, language and innuendo.
- Frequent breast, buttock, and frontal male nudity in a non-sexual context.
- Partial or full nudity in a brief sexual situation.
- Brief simulated sexual activity.
- Frequent implied sexual activity.
- Embracing and kissing
Language:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive (and variations), often in a sexual context.
- Frequent use of profanity, including scatological slang and vulgar expressions.
- Use of slurs.
Drugs and Alcohol:
- Depictions of and verbal references to the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
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Of Special Note:
Producer Judd Apatow has also had a hand in similar comedy projects, such as Drillbit Taylor, Superbad and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. He and actor Jason Segel (who stars in and penned the script of this film), worked together in the movie Knocked Up.
DVD Release: Forgetting Sarah Marshall releases to DVD on September 30, 2008.
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