Get Him to the Greek

Aaron (Jonah Hill) is a lowly record company employee tasked with getting whacked out rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand reprising his role from 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall) from London, England to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a big comeback concert. Get Him to the Greek is an odd couple road trip comedy set squarely within the Apatow universe of films (the Apatowniverse?), which should tell you right away if this is the sort of movie you would want to see. Hill and Brand play off each other well, with most of the jokes stemming from the indignities Hill must suffer in order to get Brand's character to do anything. One of the most welcome surprises in the movie comes from Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, who plays Hill's boss at the record company. Combs gets lots of good lines and doesn't have to stray far from his "real-life" persona. As mentioned, this movie is part of the Apatow canon, so expect colorfully casual profanities, minimal roles for women, drug use, characters who appear to have it all together but who are actually really lonely, and bromance.

Rating: 80%

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