Get Him to the Greek

What: Get Him to the Greek
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: ME, Becky, Tom, Wayne and Lisa
When: Friday 25th June 2010 9:15


Just back off Holiday and straight to the cinema the next day. I actually got the invite whilst sitting on a runway waiting for take off but didn’t answer until the next day. Now those of you that know me will know that I don’t usually go for comedy films but the one man who I make the exception for is Russell Brand. This man in my eyes is amazing and can do no wrong. I’ve seen him in live stand up twice and was an avid listener to his weekly radio show which was cut short because of the ridiculous over-reaction of the British media. However He is fresh funny and unique and his performance as Aldus Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall stole the whole show. So could a starring role as the same character in a film that is not a sequel but more of a spin-off produce the goods. Sadly the answer is no.

Don’t get me wrong this is not a bad film and in parts is very funny but it doesn’t compare to its predecessor and unfortunately to succeed it really had too. FSM was brilliantly written by the very funny Jason Segal who is missing from the credits on GHTTG except for a token “based on characters created by”

At it’s heart Get Him To the Greek is a traditional buddy comedy starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill as drug addled rock star and producer however to do a buddy comedy well you need a funny guy and a straight guy however Johan ruins this film by constantly trying to out funny his obviously more talented counter part. However Brand is not perfect either, the character is a riddled cliché and nothing about the writing of Aldus Snow is original.

Normally at this point I’d give you a lesser character that is played well and stands out however this time I have to give you a lesser character who is so distractingly bad it almost ruins the whole film and that is Jonah’s girlfriend played by Elisabeth Moss. She is 100% awful in this film and I am not in the business of slagging people off I respect anyone who can make it onto my cinema screen and I am sure she is a very competent actress but she really is terrible in this. If I had to pick a stand out performance from someone I would say Sean “P Diddy” Coombs who is incredibly funny as Jonahs boss Sergio.

In conclusion I realise I’ve been very negative in this review but I can’t deny that there was some very funny moments in this film, “Rub the furry wall”

6/10