Film

Get Him to the Greek

Name: Get Him to the Greek
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Released: 2010
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, Tyler McKinney

Comedy
Light-hearted

A scrappy comedy about herding a chaotic rock star from London to Los Angeles for a comeback concert. It's lo-fi, genuinely silly, and lives in the space between workplace comedy and buddy-movie chaos. For people who like their humor broad, their characters impossible, and their plots held together by enthusiasm rather than logic.

TMDb rating

3.0

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy raunchy, improvised-feeling buddy comedy where the laughs come from a sweet straight man being dragged through rock-star excess by a wildly unhinged partner.

Skip it if you find crude sex jokes, drug binges and chaotic set pieces tiresome, since the film leans on them hard and its middle stretches can feel like a long string of bits.

What it asks of you: Just under two hours of nonstop noise and escalating excess, so it rewards patience with the loud stretches and a willingness to let the gags run long.

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