On DVD. Rated R, 109 minutes. Trailer.
The dynamic between Russell Brand and Jonah Hill in Forgetting Sarah Marshall was comedic gold. The director of that film, Nicholas Stoller, took FSM writer Jason Segal's characters and wrote Get Him to The Greek as an expansion of Brand's cocky rock star Aldous Snow and a sycophantic fan and music producer portrayed by Hill. The result is a film that has some spots of humor, but replaces Segal's cleverness with unnecessary and unfunny crudeness. Click below for more on GHTTG:
Hill portays a generic music company employee that loves the band, Infant Sorrow, fronted by Aldous Snow. Hill proposes a comeback concert for Snow, who is reeling from the critical and commercial failure of his recent album. The CEO of the music company (Sean P. Diddy Puff Daddy Combs) likes his idea and sends Hill to London to pitch the idea to Snow. The chemistry between Snow and Hill isn't even close to what it is in Sarah Marshall, but there are a few funny moments between them.
The film mostly fails because there are no surprises - we expect everything that happens and the relationships are boring. The film goes waaay off the rails with the 3 way scene between Snow, Hill and Hill's longtime girlfriend. Avoid it.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Get Him to The Greek - C+
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Basically agree with the C+. It took a while to get going and it ended badly, but I liked the middle part quite a bit (The London, New York, and Las Vegas segments). Hill's relationship with Elisabeth Moss is unrealistic and unbelievable which basically kills the whole point of the movie. P. Diddy wasn't funny to me, but Hill sure was, especially when he was messed up during the Today Show. Favorite part was probably the chase scene in Las Vegas.
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