KINORAFIELD GUIDE TO FILM
2008 · 111 min · R

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Directed by Nicholas Stoller · Comedy, Romance, Drama

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) is a Comedy film, directed by Nicholas Stoller set in Hawaii and Los Angeles during the 2000s. It runs 111 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of love & longing run throughout.

Composer
Lyle Workman
Cinematography
Russ T. Alsobrook
Cast
Jason SegelKristen BellMila KunisRussell BrandBill HaderJonah HillLiz CackowskiJack McBrayer

The world of this film

Setting

Where
HawaiiLos Angeles
Setting
Island
When
2000s

Premise & themes

Themes
Love & Longing
Tone
ComedicRomantic

Shape

Protagonist
Solo Lead
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Pure Fiction

More like this

  • 2002

    Adaptation.

    Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
    Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
  • 1980

    Airplane!

    Los Angeles · Chicago — 1980s
    dir. Jim Abrahams
  • 2023

    American Fiction

    Boston · Los Angeles — 2020s
    Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson
  • 2012

    Cloud Atlas

    San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
    Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
  • 2002

    Lilo & Stitch

    Hawaii — 2000s
    Island · Coastal Seadir. Dean DeBlois
  • 2011

    The Descendants

    Hawaii — 2010s
    Island · Coastal Seadir. Alexander Payne