GET HIM TO THE GREEK guest review by John Jr.

“A ROLLER COASTER RIDE”

Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Rose Byrne, and Aziz Ansari

Directed by:  Nicholas Stoller (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”)

MPAA Rating:  R for strong sexual content and drug use throughout, and pervasive language.

Running Time: 109 Minutes

Genres:  Comedy

Release Date:  June 4th, 2010 (wide)

Distributors:  Universal Pictures

Guest Critic: John Delia Jr

If you want to have a good laugh, then you need to see Get Him to the Greek. It’s a funny, off the wall comedy that had me laughing throughout the film. Hill and Brand play two characters that encounter many hilarious situations that kept the audience rolling in their seats.

Aaron Green (Hill) is an up and coming intern for a large record company run and owned by Sergio Roma (Combs). After a brain storming session with his boss, Aaron comes up with the idea to have rocker Aldus Snow (Brand) perform an anniversary concert to honor the 10 years since playing at the Greek theatre in Los Angles. Aaron gets assigned to fly to London, get Aldus and make sure he makes it to the Greek in Los Angles within 72 hours. What Aaron doesn’t know is that Aldus has fallen on hard times, has lost his long time girl friend Jackie Q (Byrne) and has gone back to his terrible ways of drinking, drugs, and loose women.

Director Stoller did a wonderful job keeping the audience laughing and entertained throughout the film. He takes the film to another level with his experienced directorial skills to make this situation comedy a hit.

The acting is superb; Hill and Brand just keep the audience on a roller coaster of fun and excitement. Combs adds his ‘Gangsta’ comedy and it goes to the extreme while getting involved with the exploits of Hill and Brand.

What kept me involved in the film was the funny exploits between Aldus and Aaron like an off the wall drug that gets Aaron to come out of his wimpy shell. As they go from country to country Aaron experiences such drugs as Absinth, an adrenaline shot, and the Jeffery. When Aldus explains a Jeffery, its effects and how it got its name the comedy goes to greater heights.

Go see this film and take the ride. 4 out of 5 Palm Trees

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