This film was one of those early comedies of the 21st century, that helped to contribute to what the style of a good, modern day comedy in film, looks like. What comedy is like in films today doesn't represent the smart edge, that comedy had for 50 years previously. What is missing today is the smart comedy, expressing strategically placed shots at politics, cultural inadequacies, light hearted human frailties or just being silly. This could be done with physical comedy or well crafted jokes, that a comedian would write. It seems like the comedies of today just rely on cheap sexual jokes or potty humor just to get easy laughs. However, there are also good sex-comedies, that are funny while they make fun of relationship woes and the sex itself. This is one of those 21st century, comedy films that rises above the cheap jokes and actually tells a humorous story about the pains of relationships, as well as, loss and gain, but in a hilarious fashion.

The film revolves around the break-up ramifications of a TV music composer, Peter Bretter (Jason Segel), who ends up taking his break-up vacation at the same tropical island, that his ex-girlfriend, actress and TV personality Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) and her new boyfriend, entertainment personality, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), are now venturing at. Add in Mila Kunis, as the abnormally helpful hotel desk clerk and you have a mixture of great jokes, clever dialogue and satirical sex scenes in an entertaining comedy. It also helps that an excellent, supporting cast, consisting of names like Jonah Hill, Bill Hader and the great Paul Rudd, keep the laughs coming. This film was written by Segel and has the creative backing of the great Judd Apatow. It is a smart comedy that utilizes the comedy moods of the 21st century well.

8.1 (B MyGrade) = 8 IMDB.