Get Him To The Greek

Year: 2010

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Stoller

Review

has the apatow style to it and he was a producer, but i’m guessing (hoping) he wasn’t all that involved here. there are gross out moments and awkward, yet funny sequences, but nothing that translates into the kind of guttural laughter that i’ve gotten from watching 40 year old virgin and knocked up. jonah hill is funny, though i think he’s better as a supporting man. he’s also not as good as the straight man in a film. he’s generally better as the weird roommate or oddball friend and here he’s forced to play the straight man opposite russell brand. brand is another guy who is probably better in pieces than in such a central role. he was great in forgetting sarah marshall, for example. they’re trying to bring jonah hill up like they did with seth rogen, but i don’t know that he’s made for that. rogen can play the straight guy without losing his best stuff. we’ll see how hill does opposite reilly in cyrus.

Watched in theater