Day 63 - Get Him to the Greek



Day 63            Get Him to the Greek [2010]
                          
Screenplay                    Nicholas Stoller
Director                         Nicholas Stoller
Cinematography             Robert Yeoman
Music                            Lyle Workman
Leads                            Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, Elisabeth Moss
Production                     Apatow Productions, Relativity Media, Spyglass Entertainment

IMDb                                6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes                72%

I’ve seen this one a couple of times before but on a lazy evening decided to put it on for some easy laughs. It’s one of those films that you don’t have to concentrate too hard on, with its cheap jokes and spoofs of the music world. There are some very funny moments too, largely involving Jonah Hill getting fucked up. It’s all about a young executive at a record company, Aaron Green (Hill) who pitches the idea to his boss (Combs) of an anniversary gig for Aldous Snow (Brand) and his band Infant Sorrow at the Greek theatre in LA. The only problem being that Snow has fallen off the wagon and is back in London. The jokes centre around the two getting into complicated situations with drugs and alcohol, and Brand’s sex appeal, but they seem to work despite being so obvious. It’s produced by Judd Apatow so it was always going to have a few good jokes in there. It’s nothing special but I can’t fault it too badly either.

Acting                            2.5 / 4
Writing                          2.5 / 4
Cinematography             2.5 / 4
Music                                2 / 4
HMD rating               2.5 / 4