Remembering Peter Bretter

I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall with a friend of mine tonight, and I now have a crush on Jason Segel, who plays Peter Bretter in the film. Apparently I was missing out when Freaks and Geeks was popular which was also produced by Judd Apatow.

Being a Judd Apatow production means 1) it’s likely going to be good and 2) there’s likely going to be a lot of dick jokes. And there is. (Did I mention Segel has some full-frontal scenes? And no, that’s not the reason for my crush.) Taking the baton from stuff like Wedding Crashers, the bear-like Segel has a similar presence to Vince Vaughn, although I have to say, he is like a ‘No-Frills’ version.

A lot of critics have said that the film is a presentation of how ambition can kill relationships and that Sarah’s ambition does this to the one she has with Peter. I can see this a bit but don’t think the film is really that deep, and I think that the film’s just showing two people who aren’t right for each other dealing with the fall out of their break up - nothing more, nothing less. 

Now I know what all those crazy billboards are about!