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Get Him to the Greek

Get Him to the Greek

2010

A comedy about an ambitious 24-year-old intern, Aaron (Jonah Hill),  who has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s world famous Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a huge comeback tour. His record mogul boss, Sergio (Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs), gives him one warning: “The artist is the worst person on Earth. Turn your back on him at your own peril.”

British rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, reprising his character from Forgetting Sarah Marsall) is a brilliant musician, but due to a bad break up and nose-diving career, has fallen off the wagon and is now a drunken disaster. Weary of 'yes men' and scared he’s entered the 'greatest hits' moment in his career, Snow’s in the midst of a nihilistic downward spiral...

Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Kali Hawk, Aziz Ansari, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera

Directed by Nicholas Stoller ('Forgetting Sarah Marshall')

Written by Nicholas Stoller, Jason Segel

Comedy | Rated (R16) | Contains Drug Use, Sex Scenes & Offensive | Origin: USA | NZ Distributor: Paramount Pictures | Official Site »

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  •  3

    Catwoman, Wolverine, Elektra, Evan Almighty, The Scorpion King. Spin-off movies don’t exactly have a great record with most lacking a decent script and invariably looking like they were cobbled together in a big hurry. However, while Forgetting Sarah Marshall might also not have been the most obvious movie to inspire a spin-off, like Madagascar’s Penguins (who’ve ended up with their own TV series), the producers have wisely chosen to focus on Marshall’s scene-stealing standout.

    The character of Aldous Snow makes full use of British comedian Russell Brand’s physical attributes, laid-back cool and distinctive vocals and he plays it up to the hilt. Writer-director Stoller gives his star plenty to play with in this substance-fuelled, music-industry-baiting comedy that’s a kind of The Hangover meets Crank via Be Cool.

    While the film is a little long and Hill’s character (like Jason Segel’s main man in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) a little too whiny, there’s never too long between gags. Greek works best during the many cleverly scored mayhem montage scenes (a highlight involves absinthe and a French version of The Turtles’ Happy Together), and when parodying today’s over-sexed music videos, but be warned it most certainly isn’t for the easily offended or those of sensitive dispositions.

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The people's reviews

23 reviews

  • Honestly...

     2

    BrionyJae

    Superstar (?)

    I have to be honest, I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole lot. Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for this type of movie... but honestly? It wasn't as funny as it could have been, or should have been! I mean, it sounds good on paper...

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  • Review

     1

    "TONY THE FILM REVIEW GURU"...(ROTTENTOMATOES.COM)

    Nobody (?)

    "Its not that funny at all, Just alot of partying,alot of drunkness, and alot of washed up dry Toilet Humour, seen it to much in comedy films, wheres the originality"

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    Katie

    Nobody (?)

    Terrible movie! Shows this world has really gone to a new low. Very lost. Did laugh at one liner - oooh I would kiss her face but that was it. I was rather repulsed and wanted to refund my ticket.

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  • My review

     4

    Michael17

    Wannabe (?)

    A cool, fun funny comedy with heart and great chemistry between the actors.

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  • WTF...

     2

    Bob the builder

    Nobody (?)

    Felt the movie was real average. Too many random scenes, and felt as if the story was rushed...could have been better. Wouldnt put it no where next to superbad !

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  • worth the night out/ potential parking ticket

     4

    leslie

    Nobody (?)

    we thought it funny, lots of laughing in the cinema too so guess other felt same. a good brain-rest, relaxing, painless kind of film. unsophisticated, unpretentious, easy. what is the word - entertaining.

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  • Just Do It***

    Tanya-Patterson

    Wannabe (?)

    I loved it** I loved it** OMG. I had a wee piddle i was laughing so much. I don't think i have laughed soo much before**I would seriously go pay to watch this movie again. I love Russel Brand. I do recomend to watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall first** lol.

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  • Some great gags!

     4

    Gazza

    Nobody (?)

    If, like me you like Russell Brand then you will lots to LOL in this

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  • Better than FSM

     4

    Chris-Metwell

    Nobody (?)

    I thought this was better than Forgetting Sarah Marshall - less angsty and definitely less of the awkward cringe inducing humour. This movie mostly just played for laughs and it was successful at getting them. Should have left some of the relationship wrap up on the cutting room floor though - it detracted at the end. Worth watching especially if you like Russell Brand.

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  • About the same as Forgetting Sarah Marshall

     3

    Hayden-Smith

    Nobody (?)

    I liked this movie, there were funny scenes and good one-liners, but it goes to the same comedy as Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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Press Reviews

  • Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

    Under the cover of slapstick, cheap laughs, raunchy humor, gross-out physical comedy and sheer exploitation, Get Him to the Greek also is fundamentally a sound movie.
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  • Christchurch Press (Margaret Agnew)

    British comedian Russell Brand, as the gregarious, lizard-hipped, sexaholic rocker Aldous Snow, stole the show so thoroughly in his big Hollywood debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, that they simply had to give him his own movie to run away with.
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  • Hollywood Reporter

    Never achieves the propulsive traction and outrageous/endearing balance that made "The Hangover" such a smash this time last year.
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  • Los Angeles Times

    The seriously out-of-control hard R dude is writer-director Nicholas Stoller, who apparently has major trust issues with his odd-couple stars, women and the audience. Did I forget anybody?
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  • New York Times

    Get Him to the Greek displays the bawdy-sweet mixture that is the signature of the Judd Apatow school of screen comedy.
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  • NZ Herald (Francesca Rudkin)

     3

    Russell Brand steals the show, and saves the day
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  • TVNZ (Darren Bevan)

    Get Him To The Greek won't be to everyone's tastes to be honest - but for a fun night out with the lads, it's the perfect film.
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  • Variety (USA)

    Barring a few lapses, the gags fly by in rapid-fire fashion, and enough of them connect -- thanks in part to the amusing mix of Hill's hang-dog demeanor with Brand's lanky, relentless hedonism.
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