A film like Get Him to the Greek can be a challenge for an audience to watch. There were a number of absolutely hilarious sequences, usually involving Aaron cleaning up or covering for Aldous for any number of things including (but not limited to); hiding drugs in an unusual place or partaking of all of the drugs Aldous was carrying (in order to keep him clean) and destroying the set of The Today Show. Russell Brand was a hoot as Aldous, reprising a role most people remember him playing in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He behaved exactly like most people think rock stars behave and indulged in the drugs, money, debauchery and insanity excessive fame brings. The guy who stole the show however was Sean Combs (or P. Diddy as the kids still call him I think). As record executive Sergio, almost everything he did or said was hysterical, the best bit being when he joined Aldous, Aldous’ Dad and Aaron in partaking of a drug neapolitan called a “Jeffrey” and destroying a Las Vegas hotel room.
The challenge for the audience was trying to connect to any of the characters. Aldous was a morally bankrupt rock star that the audience wanted to root for but could not thanks to all of the horribly destructive things he did to himself and Aaron. He was a callous man, and even when he “found” himself via his music at the anniversary concert, the happy ending felt and hollow and tacked on. Aaron’s character arc was not any better. In his quest to get Aldous to Los Angeles he did some very bad things, all of which were conveniently pushed to the side when the time came to successfully patch things up with his girlfriend Daphine. Again, another tacked on happy ending that seemed to come out of nowhere.
There were a number of thing that made you laugh out loud in Get Him to the Greek, it is just too bad the film did not have the heart to make it a complete comedy.
Grade: C
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