Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 183
Fresh: 133 | Rotten: 50
Thanks to a suitably raunchy script and a pair of winning performances from Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek is one of the year's funniest comedies.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 9
Thanks to a suitably raunchy script and a pair of winning performances from Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek is one of the year's funniest comedies.
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An ambitious young record company executive attempts to transport an unpredictable rock star to L.A.'s Greek Theatre in time for his hotly anticipated comeback performance in this spin-off of the comedy hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has just landed his dream job in the record industry, and he's eager to prove his worth. His first assignment: travel to London and escort British rock god Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to the show that will re-ignite his career. Before he
Jun 4, 2010 Wide
Sep 28, 2010
$60.9M
Universal Pictures
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Brand can seem simultaneously randy and strung-out and is often very funny. Hill is surprisingly touching, which is quite a feat given the number of orifices he is required to display.
The movie's story is conventional in shape, but it has passages of crazy exhilaration and brilliant invention.
Making Aldous regret his wicked ways is a buzz-kill of major proportions.
Cheerfully profane in the manner of a dormitory bull session.
This is personality comedy, and Brand and Hill have it to spare.
A veering, careening joy ride of excess and heart.
... Likely to be one of the year's best comedies.
To put it in rock 'n' roll terms, you'd go to the gig but you wouldn't buy the t-shirt.
For the music lovers: If Superbad, Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall are Radiohead's The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A, Get Him To The Greek is their Amnesiac.
Quite sadly Get Him to the Greek just doesn't work in the way it was meant to. Despite an ambitious metaphor, the film is far too mean-spirited to tickle our funny-bone.
You'll O.D. on laughs!
Nesavrena, ali sasvim probavljiva holivudska zabava za ove vruće ljetne dane
Sorry guys, not even a good try
This Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off is lively and silly enough to keep us giggling. But its darker moments make the tone rather uneven.
Prepare to have a bawdy, taboobusting good time. Just don't expect it to resonate anywhere except your funnybone.
I'm having a hard time remembering what the really funny bits in Get Him to the Greek were, exactly. I mean, I know I laughed. I just don't really remember why.
Get Him To The Greek promises a fun time but rarely delivers the goods.
'Greek' works best during the cleverly scored mayhem montage scenes (a highlight involves absinthe and a French version of Happy Together).
While it's clear that rock-star petulance and vanity are being spoofed, there is little at stake dramatically or morally -- the bedroom threesome towards the end is weird rather than funny.
The basic tonal problem is established right at the outset: we are being invited to laugh at exotic limey Aldous, whereas Brand's stand-up persona needs us to laugh with him and to see the world through his eyes.
Needs more Kristen Bell.
Just a succession of gross-out gags and sketches that fail to deliver.
This is mostly plain hilarious.
[My predicted rating: 3]Admittedly this film is a bit of a yawn fest, with an occasional moment of laughter, those who enjoyed Forgetting Sarah Marshall, unfortunately will not be in for a similar treat.
May 1, 2010Super Reviewer
Moderately enjoyable comedy from Nicholas Stoller, spun off the far better Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Funny enough to not qualify as a waste of time, but the tonal shifts and the sheer unlikability of its characters weigh Get Him to the Greek down. The performances are great, however. Russell Brand was born to play
June 2, 2010Super Reviewer
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