MOVIE REVIEW: GET HIM TO THE GREEK

Get Him to the Greek comes from director Nicholas Staller and is a spinoff of 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In the spinoff, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is a young intern for a huge music label that is beginning to struggle. Green is a huge fan of rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), who is now more of a has been rock star. Green pitches the idea to bring Snow in for a ten year anniversary concert of Snow’s at the Greek Theatre. Mega producer Sergio (Sean Combs) likes the idea and sends Green to London to get Aldous and bring him back for the concert that will take place in three days. Upon arrival, Snow takes Green on the journey of his life going anywhere and everywhere except towards Los Angeles for the show.








The best way to describe Get Him to the Greek is that it is like a roller coaster. The movie has it’s ups and downs. When the movie is on an up, it is really funny and fun to watch, but when it’s on down, it can be very boring and slow. The first half of the movie starts out great. The film is hilarious and the pace of the film is very upbeat. Once the halfway point hits though, that is when the roller coaster ride begins. It has in my opinion the funniest part of the film during this time, but it also has the most uncomfortable and boring scene in the film during this time as well.

As for the performances, Sean Combs also known as P. Diddy, completely steals the show. Every scene he is in will have you laughing. If he ever decides to get out of the music business, I believe he will have a job in the comedy world waiting for him after this performance.

I was also surprised by Jonah Hill in this film. Normally, he plays the same character in all his films such as; Superbad, Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In this film, he had a romance storyline which allowed him to show off something other than his typical “stoner kid” roles he is known for.








Then we have Russell Brand. Much like Hill, he plays the same character in everything he does. His act is getting old quick in my opinion, but he still pulls off several hilarious scenes in the film. Again like Hill, towards the end of the film he too gets to show a little more depth to his acting talents other than his typical “sex crazed rocker” bit he is known for.

The film is filled with fun cameos by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, The Today Show host Meredith Vieira, Rick Schroder, Kristin Bell, Pink, Mario Lopez and a very funny scene with Harry Potter star Tom Felton.






While I found the film very funny in many parts, it has a very crude, humor to it. If you are more of a clean comedy type of person, then you will want to stay far away from this film. Sex, drugs and alcohol is all throughout the film. If you are a fan of Superbad, Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, then you will more than likely really enjoy the film.

In the end, Get Him to the Greek falls short of it’s predecessor, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but still delivers enough laughs that when you leave the theatre, you feel as if you did not waste two hours of time. Had it kept the pace of the first hour of the film, I would have probably given it a higher rating, but the last three fourths of the film really brought the overall film down. I give it a three out of five stars, but still would recommend seeing it in theatres.