It's back to the comedy for Tuesday Night is Film Night, with the 2010 spin-off sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall;
Get Him to the Greek
Russell Brand reprises his character of drug and booze fuelled British rock star Aldous Snow, in this spin off from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
There's no real link to the first film, just a couple of references, so "Get Him to the Greek" stands alone as a piece of work, you do not need to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall to enjoy Russell Brand at his lewd and crude best!
Brand is ably assisted in the film by co-star; Jonah Hill, who plays Aaron Green, a record company intern, who suggests to aid the ailing record label, that a comeback concert by Aldous Snow would bring in the necessary cash.
The record label boss; Sergio Roma (played by P Diddy), thinks it's a great idea, so entrusts Aaron to fly to London, get Aldous Snow and bring him back to the States and get him to the concert at the Greek Theatre (hence the film title), all within 72 hours.
This wouldn't be so bad, if Aldous Snow wasn't the stereotypical rock star, so what follows is the adventures they have in getting form London to LA. There are some hilarious laugh out loud moments, with cameo appearances from a few stars. (Pink, Christina Aguilera, Tom Felton).
There's is a sub-plot as well, which follows the relationship between Aaron and his longterm girlfriend; Daphne, which gives the hero of the film, some love interest. Although he has some other interests on the way!!
If you can stand the gratutious swearing, sex, drug taking etc. of which there is plenty! Then you'll enjoy this film!
A stand out performance and a surprising one at that, was P Diddy as Sergio Roma, extremely funny and ideal for the character he played.
Really enjoyed this film.
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