Big Screen Blurb: Get Him to the Greek

As the credits started to roll on Judd Apatow’s latest, I’m sitting there with a nice smile on my face. My first thought was: “I don’t know exactly what I just saw!” My second thought followed closely: “But, I liked it!”


I don’t know if this was a story of redemption, a story about someone finding themselves or a story that was just meant to toe or cross the line of vulgarity. Regardless, you can throw them all out of the window, because I basically enjoyed this with varying levels of chuckle-ness from start to finish. Maybe it’s Apatow. After all, the only production of his that I’ve given a thumbs down to was Talledega Nights.

Get Him to the Greek is the typical…tried-and-true story of a record company employee whose charge is to lasso and drag a London rock star’s ass to Los Angeles to perform in a “revive your career” concert. The trouble is he has just 72-hours to get the job done. Plenty of time to pump your system full of drugs, alcohol and sex (I guess you reverse the pump for the latter, but I digress), and still get the ever-quirky and borderline insane rock star to the stage.

Yeah, it’s funny. Okay…it’s over-the-top funny and crosses the line on more than one ocassion. But—it’s entertaining stuff. Nothing for the kiddies, of course, but fine for a solid laugh.

Jonah Hill is Jonah. The lovable and off-witted, but hilarious chunky guy that always manages to put a smile on the ole face. Russell Brand plays the pre-maddona, narcissistic rock star to perfection; and P. Diddy did a solid job as Jonah’s boss.

Again, I didn’t really know what I had just seen. I didn’t really identify with any characters. I didn’t really know what points were unfolding with the story, but I’m sure there were several that could be made. It did, however, make for a solid escape from a stressful week and for that I’ll give it 3.5 stars. Not Apatow’s best stuff, but, hey, nothing can beat the 40-Year Old Virgin or Superbad, right?

If you can only see one movie this summer…well, go ahead and see something else, but if you can see several, then this would make for a fun-filled escape.

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