Get Him to the Greek: The Review

If you're a fan of outrageous humor or anything said in an English accent, you'll love Get Him to the Greek. The film follows Aaron Greenberg, played by Jonah Hill, as he attempts to provide a breakthrough for up-and-coming record company Pinnacle Records. He pitches the idea of a blowout come-back concert for has-been rock star Aldous Snow (Russel Brand) at the Greek Theater in L.A. and is immediately sent on assignment to hand deliver the rock star from his home in London to the theater for the grand opening of a $100 million tour.

Though Aaron's boss, Sergio Roma, played brilliantly by Sean Combs (P.Diddy), instructs Aaron to give the rock star all the flattery he can muster to ensure a smooth journey to the Greek Theater,  Snow can detect bullshit from a mile away. The rock star is also in the midst of a crisis--his girlfriend, pop star Jackie Q, has just left him, and he continues to take criticism for his epically offensive and ridiculous album, African Child, labeled by critics as "the worst thing to happen to Africa since Apartheid." Snow is fragile and in need of some flattery, but simultaneously intolerant of false character in his search for meaning in his life, not to mention he's not inclined to follow orders from anyone, which makes Aaron's task nearly impossible.
Though the plot seems built for the purpose of creating dozens of digressions and irrelevant scenes, it is not completely unbelievable. In fact, the film is rumored to have been based off of Brand's lifestyle. The window into Brand's life is series of outrageous, crude, yet painfully funny events as Snow tortures Aaron by prolonging the flight to L.A. as much as possible.

Hill's and Brand's characters are fully developed in Get Him to the Greek, and audience members seem to laugh along with Aaron's and Snow's experiences, which may help the film exceed the popularity of recent releases by the same producer, Judd Apatow, such as Pineapple Express, in which the characters are just burnt-out losers who are fun to laugh at. In Greek, there are realistic moments and even a plot-line following the relationship between Hill's character and his girlfriend that are just as amusing as their outrageous counterparts. The scenes following Hill's romantic life vaguely evoke the sardonic humor of Knocked Up, another film by Apatow.

Get Him to the Greek is absolutely hilarious. Though the humor is consistently crude, there is something to laugh at for everyone--dry, sarcastic humor, outrageous slapstick moments, and the ever-amusing mannerisms (and, of course, accent) of Russel Brand as the english rock star.
-Zoe Feingold