Get Him to the Greek!
Get Him to the Greek is a hysterical follow-up to the relationship between die hard Aldous Snow fan Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) and raunchy U.K. rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from Forgetting Sara Marshall.
The story takes place far after their days in Hawaii, and it seems that Aaron (represented as a new character) has been fairing relatively well while Aldous has quickly slipped into a long run of shitty luck.
Aaron Green is a driven, idealistic young college graduate who works as an intern for Pinnacle Records. He lives with his girlfriend Daphne (Elisabeth Moss), a doctor in her internship, but they do not get to see each other very often due to her heavy work schedule. Pinnacle Records has been suffering from the downturn in revenue sweeping the music industry, so the head of the company, Sergio Roma (Sean “Diddy” Combs), asks for ideas. Green proposes to have Aldous Snow play the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to honor the tenth anniversary of his legendary live performance there.
Sergio, although initially shooting down the idea in true “Diddy” fashion, decides to give Aaron his chance to shine and approves the concert. As a true Aldous Snow fan and originator of the idea, Aaron is also chosen by Sergio as being responsible for keeping Aldous on track and getting him to all of his scheduled events. Excited to finally pursue his life long dream, Aaron meets with Daphne to tell her the amazing news. Unfortunately, Daphne drops news of finding a position at a hospital in Seattle and expects Aaron to pick up and move with her. Shit hits the fan at the table, and the two have an ambiguous break-up. So, off goes Aaron to the U.K. to handle his first and favorite rock idol, and the fantastic, single rock star journey ensues.
Sex, drugs and Rock n’ Roll brilliantly lace a comedic story of these two men, from two completely different walks of life, awkwardly helping each other to discover and re-discover themselves. Jonah Hill and Russell Brand have great on-screen chemistry. Between Aaron Green’s stumbling baptism into real music industry life, and Aldous Snow‘s mad hatter-esque tip toe back down to rock star reality, a truly enjoyable and laughable balance is achieved. Besides the lead duo’s genius mix of awkward situations, stereotypical rock star lifestyle, and sarcastic banter, this film also features a rather seamless array of strong supporting roles.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ performance is a great satire of what it is to be a mogul in the music industry. I found myself imagining a future short film co-starring Combs as “Sergio Roma” and Tom Cruise as “Les Grossman” from Tropic Thunder. Elisabeth Moss performs an orgasm that could rival Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally) in what may be the most awkwardly funny threesome I have ever seen on screen. Colm Meaney makes a great supportive performance as Aldous Snow‘s father, Jonathan Snow. It’s not often that we get to see Chief Miles O’Brien of Star Trek: The Next Generation beat down one of the biggest names in hip-hop history whilst smoking a drug cosmopolitan. Last, but not least, Rose Byrne cashes in a lovingly convincing role as “Jackie Q”, Aldous Snow‘s ex-wife and mother of “his” child. Jackie Q’s musical additions pair well with the Infant Sorrow sound and tongue-in-cheek pop lyrics.
This film doesn’t just represent with acting confidence though, a pretty impressive line of music and television stardom makes cameos as well. Christina Aguilera, Pink, Kurt Loder, Dee Snider, Meredith Vieira, Mario Lopez, Pharrel, Paul Krugman, Lars Ulrich, and even Tom Felton (Draco Malfroy) are just a couple of the notable appearances Get him to the Greek can boast.
Critics have been grading Get Him to the Greek as a 6.5 out of 10, but I feel that it is very undeserving of a “D”. This film gets a solid “B+” from this writer. As I feel any film critic should rate a movie, I base my opinion on whether I felt rationalized in spending the ridiculous $12 after viewing it. “Get him to the Greek” made the gross expenditure well worth it. Two thumbs up!
- Review by Timothy Bonner
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Tags: 2010, Aldous Snow, comedy, Get Him to the Greek, Infant Sorrow, Jonah Hill, Movies, Russell Brand, Sean Diddy Combs
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