Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek reintroduces us to the vacuous, hedonistic rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) who we met in Forgetting Sarah Marshall – although at this point for him she’s merely a substance addled almost memory. For our part we should completely forget that Jonas hill played Matthew the waiter in Sarah Marshal as here he’s Aaron Green, an LA record industry flack working for an A+ personality label CEO named Sergio Roma (an excellent Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs). Aldous is on Sergio’s roster but no longer an A-list act due to a disastrous recent release. This is causing Aldous a lot of stress as is a break-up with the mother of his child, Jackie Q (Rose Byrne) who is now really riding high as a solo act. Aaron is a huge Aldous fan and gets the bright ideal of an anniversary repeat of Snow’s historic performance at LA’s Greek Theatre. At a low point in Aaron’s relationship with his girlfriend Daphne Binks (Elisabeth Moss) Sergio buys into his idea and gives Aaron a huge break, escorting the drug addled Snow from London so that he will be on time for an interview on the Today Show and then the gig at the Greek. Easier said than done especially since Snow has fallen way off the wagon and in no time lures Aaron into the waiting arms of the Rock and Roll lifestyle. Like Sarah Marshall this tawdry comedy was also written by Jason Segel and directed by Nicholas Stoller so to no one’s surprise it is really in your face especially with body parts and functions you don’t want there. Still it’s every bit as funny.