'Get Him to the Greek'

Talking dogs, an out of control rock star, bizarre genetically engineered creatures, and a super-spy masquerading as a normal guy...yes, there's a little something for everyone in this weekend's new release.

Get Him to the Greek is the funniest film of 2010 by a long-shot. Delivering the most fun I've had in a theater this year, this R-rated raunchy, wacky spin-off from 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall is loaded with jokes that connect, it's fast-paced, and even has a bit of heart to it (it is a Judd Apatow production, after all). The R-rating is rightfully deserved as Get Him to the Greek pushes the limits in its attempts to elicit laughs. It's not for everyone, taking the whole sex, drugs and rock 'n roll theme to the absolute extremes, but if you're not easily offended and ready to laugh, Get Him to the Greek doesn't disappoint.

The Story

Russell Brand and Jonah Hill reunite, with Brand playing the character he created in Forgetting Sarah Marshall while Hill's a completely different character from FSM. Confused? Don't be...just go with it and move on. This time around Hill plays Aaron Green, a record company employee who loves rock and roll and is committed to his job and his live-in girlfriend. When his boss, Sergio (Sean Combs), asks for suggestions on how to perk up sales, Aaron chimes in with the idea of a 10 year anniversary concert by Aldous Snow at the Greek Theatre. Snow used to be a rock god, but after committing career suicide with the horrible "African Child" song/music video, an absolutely disastrous attempt at displaying an awareness and empathy for those in need, he's in desperate need of a career resurrection. When none of his other minions come up with a better suggestion, Sergio commands Aaron to go to London, pick up Aldous and get him to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in time for the concert that's now just a few days away.

Russell Brand as Aldous Snow in 'Get Him to the Greek.'

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What follows is one of the most twisted road trips ever in a feature film. Aaron's on a tight timeline but Aldous doesn't operate that way and so getting him from Point A (London) to Point B (New York for interviews) to Point C (Los Angeles for the concert) involves everything from Aaron stuffing drugs up his butt to sex with total strangers to the rubbing of furry walls in an effort to gain inner peace. There's fighting and fleeing and much debauchery going on as Aaron tries his best to deliver the wild man on time and in one piece, while trying not to get swept up into Aldous' hard-partying, 'looks glamourous from the outside but doesn't hold up on close inspection' ways.

'Get Him to the Greek'