This is the story of forgetting a terrible girlfriend and finding true love along the way. At the beginning of the movie the main character, Peter, is dating TV star Sarah Marshal who stars in a cheesy crime drama. Peter does the musical composition for the show. Sarah unexpectedly breaks up with Peter because she is sleeping with someone else. She says that Peter stoped taking care of himself and that it was just too difficult for her to be with him. At first Peter tries to get over Sarah by sleeping around as well but he is clearly still hurting. After a huge blow up at work where he attacks a screen showing Sarah's face he decides it is time for him to get away and go to Hawaii. When he gets there however he finds out that Sarah is staying at the same hotel with her new boyfriend. He cannot afford the only suite that is available but the hostess, Rachel loudly announces in front of Sarah that she has made his reservation. Rachel lets Peter stay in the suite for free since she says no one can afford to pay for that suite anyway. At first Peter spends all of his time drinking and crying in his room but along the way he begins to develop a relationship with Rachel (and befriends several of the hotel staff and another guest there on his honeymoon). The more time he spends with Rachel, the more he begins to realize that his relationship with Sarah was not as great as he had thought. At the same time, seeing Peter and having her show cancelled begins to cause serious problems between Sarah and her new rock star/play boy boyfriend. She begins to realize that she took Peter for granted and that he was a far better guy than she had remembered. At first Rachel resists getting entangled with Peter and tries to stay just friends but they finally do end up going on a date, only to end up having dinner with Rachel and her new boyfriend instead. The dinner is full of only slightly veiled tension. Afterwards Rachel and her boyfriend go to their room and Peter (who has now been forced to move into the room directly next door) takes Rachel back to his room. Peter and Rachel begin to make love but Sarah hears them and despite being mad at her boyfriend she insists they have sex as well. Sarah beings to moan loudly, turning the whole thing into a competition. Peter and Rachel are amused by the display but Sarah's new boyfriend is disgusted and later breaks up with her (he's been cheating on her as well). Sarah later attempts to sleep with Peter now that she's realized what she lost and although at first he is tempted he eventually refuses and chooses Rachel instead. However, when Peter confessed what happened between him and Sarah to Rachel she is extremely hurt and sends him packing. Before leaving Peter goes to a local bar to take down a picture of Rachel flashing which is pinned up in the men's bathroom. He gets his ass kicked for taking the picture but that doesn't stop him and he gives the picture to Rachel before leaving. He goes home and finishes his Dracula rock opera which Rachel supported. After her bar tending friend convinces her to give Peter a second chance Rachel shows up on the opening night of his rock opera. The show is a big success and after the show Rachel and Peter finally reconnect and set up the ending for a happily-ever-after.
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Best part of story, including ending:
This movie was absolutely hilarious and not too cliched.
Best scene in story:
My favorite scene was when Sarah's new boyfriend Aldous, is teaching the virgin-until-married new husband how to have sex using life sized chess pieces.
Opinion about the main character:
What I disliked most about Peter is that he allowed himself to be treated so badly by Sarah and then was so overly distraught when she left him.
Peter (Jason Segel) is a mopey sad sack of a person because he was recently dumped by his TV-star girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). He escapes to a resort in Hawaii to decompress and feel better, but runs into Sarah and her new rocker boyfriend Aldous Snow (Russel Brand) who are also staying there. Rachel (Mila Kunis), the front desk agent pities Peter, and befriends him. After several awkward run-ins with the couple, Peter is miserable and pathetic. He then befriends other hotel guests and locals who advice him to move on and get the nerve to ask out Rachel. Rachel agrees to hang out with Peter at a luau, then a bar, and they get to know each other. Peter tells her of his dream of writing a puppet rock opera about Dracula. The non-date ends and the two have fun. When they hangout again to go cliff-jumping, they kiss. Meanwhile, things are going south for Sarah and Aldous, Sarah just lost her job, while Aldous acts like a pompous rockstar. Peter and Rachel get together in a room next door to Sarah's, and Sarah becomes jealous. She wants to get back together and seduces him, but Peter doesn't reciprocate. Peter confesses what happened to Rachel and she is angry and breaks it off with him. Peter flies back to L.A. brokenhearted. Months later, it is the opening night of his rock opera, and to his surprise, Rachel's there sitting in the audience.
Best part of story, including ending:
We see the other formula of a guy moping around after a break-up instead of a girl.
Best scene in story:
When Peter cliff jumps and almost dies.
Opinion about the main character:
He is so pathetic because he's such a sensitive guy, so you wonder what these women see in him.
