Universal Pictures has posted the first five minutes and twenty-one seconds of Get Him to the Greek to Funny or Die, and we’ve embedded it below.
It’s immediately obvious that this is going to be a very love-it or hate-it kind of film, as Russell Brand’s quite divisive humor is here in full effect. As you’ll soon see, the film revolves around a fallen rock star who’s forced to go to Hollywood for a comeback concert, with Jonah Hill playing the unwitting record company intern who’s tasked with reigning this psychopath in. Both actors have worked with director Nicholas Stoller before in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and this has the all too familiar touchy-feely hands of a Judd Apatow production all over it, of course.
Get Him to the Greek hits theaters Friday.
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yeah, i'll actually pay money to see that.
Brand genuinely has charisma. But this movie looks horrible. 'Backstory backstory backstory, exposition exposition exposition, magazine cover, internet site, newsflash…' Did no one tell the writer that it doesn't need to be like that?
Still don't know what to think of Russel Brand, but he's funny here. "I made some phone calls… and turns out: it isn't." The media-laced opening is an efficient and effective set-up. 15-20 minutes are narrative are easily packaged in that 5 minutes. So no, it's not terribly original, but it gets the movie to where it needs to be.
As for whether it will be good or not………..
The title smacks of an ABC Family Original movie/television show, but after watching this, it might actually be good. Still on the fence about it, but I bet it will be a hit.
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