Get Him to the Greek

I finally watched this film with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. It uses the character of drug addicted rocker Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall and pairs him again with Hill but he is playing a different role. Here he is Aaron Green a record executive or something who needs to get Snow to the Greek Theatre in LA from London for a 10 year reunion concert in 72 hours.

I really liked FSM and I think this was due to the likability of leads Jason Segal, Brand and Mila Kunis. I thought Brand was hilarious and his interactions with Segal great. Never mind that he is essentially playing himself in some ways (I enjoy his stand up as well so this makes me biased) - he does it well.
I liked FSM better than GHTTG, maybe it was the preference of Segal to Hill or maybe the storyline just made a little more sense (I did enjoy the scene in the hotel room with Snow, Aaron, Snow's dad and Sean Combs though. Mind fuck indeed).

Rose Byrne plays Snow's ex girlfriend though and her scenes were too far and few in between. I couldn't believe it was the same actress from the serious films and TV shows she normally does.
With her cockney English accent she really pulled off the skanky girlfriend with more aplomb I would have thought possible. She always comes across as so ladylike and proper in interviews and other roles she takes, so it was interesting to see her play against type.

Seeing as Brand is an addict himself I often wondered how close to home filming some of the scenes hit.

Overall I think the film got a little muddled in the end and it seems like a quick personality turnaround for Snow and the attempted threesome scene was just odd.

But you know twas an enjoyable film to wile away some time. 3 stars.