GET HIM TO THE GREEK
June 10th 2010 06:39
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Rose Byrne, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Elisabeth Moss
UNIVERSAL
BASICALLY a spin-off flick from excellent 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek sees Russell Brand reprise his role as fictitious English rock star Aldous Snow, and revolves around his attempt at a comeback after a disastrous album has all but ruined his career.
Charged with ferrying Snow from London to LA’s Greek Theatre for a special anniversary concert is mild-mannered record label executive Aaron Green (Hill), but it soon becomes clear that the drug-addled party animal is not going to be easy to deal with. Adding to his stress, Green is having relationship troubles with his live-in girlfriend (Moss) and his lunatic boss (played superbly by P. Diddy) won’t leave him alone.
The film quickly becomes a fairly standard road-trip jaunt – and there is some unnecessary sentimentality – but the wild situations Green finds himself in are genuinely entertaining, and there are some top-drawer one-liners to keep you laughing. Aussie hottie Rose Byrne does an excellent job as Snow’s ex, a raunchy British pop star in the mould of Posh Spice, and there are more celebrity cameos than you can shake Lars Ulrich’s drumsticks at.
Stars: Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Rose Byrne, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Elisabeth Moss
UNIVERSAL
BASICALLY a spin-off flick from excellent 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek sees Russell Brand reprise his role as fictitious English rock star Aldous Snow, and revolves around his attempt at a comeback after a disastrous album has all but ruined his career.
Charged with ferrying Snow from London to LA’s Greek Theatre for a special anniversary concert is mild-mannered record label executive Aaron Green (Hill), but it soon becomes clear that the drug-addled party animal is not going to be easy to deal with. Adding to his stress, Green is having relationship troubles with his live-in girlfriend (Moss) and his lunatic boss (played superbly by P. Diddy) won’t leave him alone.
The film quickly becomes a fairly standard road-trip jaunt – and there is some unnecessary sentimentality – but the wild situations Green finds himself in are genuinely entertaining, and there are some top-drawer one-liners to keep you laughing. Aussie hottie Rose Byrne does an excellent job as Snow’s ex, a raunchy British pop star in the mould of Posh Spice, and there are more celebrity cameos than you can shake Lars Ulrich’s drumsticks at.
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