Get Him to the Greek follows Jonah Hill's record label geek trying to get an out-of-date drug addict rock star to the Greek Theatre in LA for a final gig.
The dialogue was punchy and sporadic like a kick in the face from the heroine addicts whose apartment you've passed out in, which completely matches Brand's style of performance. The narrative is designed to be just like an addict's search for a fix: seemingly calm for a time, but getting increasingly desperate the more likely it is that a fix isn't readily available.
There is some brilliant slapstick in the Vegas hotel scene, while I didn't enjoy Diddy's character throughout, this scene made me howl with laughter.
Aside from him, Jonah Hill played a bit of a shallow character. Despite being a generally nice person who loves his girlfriend, he likes the music of an idiot, and likes the idiot even more.
The film was uncomfortable a lot of the time, climaxing during the threesome scene, which I found to be probably one of the most uncomfortable scenes in a film I've seen (besides Irreversible).
The film however follows a strict gross-out pattern of humour, something expected of a Apatow produced film. It's recommended though, as the humour outweighs the feeling of tense anticipation of another distressing drug fuelled scene.
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