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| The two stars are primed to sell Nicholas Stoller's Get Him to the Greek |
Jonah Hill (Moneyball (2011)) plays a guy who works for record executive Sergio (Sean Combs (Draft Day (2014)) is surprisingly good in the part) and who gets an idea: He wants to stage a revival concert for British rock star Aldous Snow at the Greek Theatre in LA. The problem becomes how to get the unruly star from London to the gig in 72 hours.
The idea of master writer-director Nicholas Stoller's (Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)) movie here is funny. The film features a serious satire of the music business, which isn't funny enough, especially in its first half hour, which lags.
But the tone is adroit throughout, and especially the city scenes with Hill and Russell Brand (Arthur (2011)), who returns as the character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, are amusing. Elisabeth Moss (A Buddy Story (2010)) does well in a supporting role, SPOILER especially in the threesome scene. It is a shame that Brand's rock songs just don't play well, and they shouldn't have been featured in my opinion. The sentimental ending for Hill's character is also contrived.
Still, Get Him to the Greek is an entertaining comedy.
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 40 mil. $
Box office: 91.2 mil. $
= Flop
[Get Him to the Greek was released June 4 and runs 109 minutes. The film was already announced as a spin-off to Forgetting Sarah Marshall a week after that film's release. Filming took place in London, New York, California and Las Vegas. The film opened #2, behind Shrek Forever After, to a 17.5 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it grossed 60.9 mil. $ (66.8 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were the UK with 10.9 mil. $ (12 %) and Australia with 8.4 mil. $ (9.2 %). Get Him to the Greek is certified fresh at 72 % with a 6.3 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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