1. Judd Apatow is a great director.
Apatow approaches the art of directing very loosely, and he is able to do so because of the actors with whom he chooses to work. Actors like Jonah Hill and Russell Brand (co-stars of “Get Him to The Greek”) bring their own comedic genius to work with them, and by not binding them to the script Apatow allows them to better the movie with their wit.
He also maintains relationships with the actors from his movies. Jason Segal and Apatow have been working together since the days of “Freaks and Geeks” all the way up to this movie, which Segal helped write and produce. This friendly relationship bleeds onto the screen in the natural, comfortable way actors such as Hill, Brand and Segal morph into their characters.
2. Jonah Hill may be a young-adult version of Cartman (“South Park”), but he is also a genuinely good actor.
Along with “Superbad,” this is Hill’s only leading roll in a major film.
After his performance in “Get Him to The Greek”, he is sure to sign on to more lead roles. If not, the only explanation is that Hollywood recently started to hate making money.
Hill is always on point with a sarcastic pop culture reference, but he also possesses the talent to flip the switch over to a passionate, believable lead character who convinces the audience that his anger, love, nervousness, ambition or any other emotion is truly his own.
3. Russell Brand is James Bond, minus the secret agent status.
Aldous Snow, the only main role by which America knows Brand (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), is essentially Russell Brand playing himself.
The only difference would be that Brand isn’t a rock star, except for the fact that the songs and music videos that he does in these two movies are so inappropriately hilarious and catchy.
Bond, Snow and Brand always get the girls, and all the guys wish they had their life.
All three do exactly what they want, when they want, and still come out on top. They’re as smooth as glass and can sweet-talk their way out of any situation with a badass British accent.
Brand’s devil-may-care approach to his character takes the crudeness of British humor and weighs it in perfectly with the punch-line comedy of Jonah Hill.
4. P. Diddy is hilarious.
Sean “Diddy Puff Daddy Dumbledore” Combs plays Jonah Hill’s overwhelmingly intense boss in the movie. It is a miracle that the other actors were able to make it through a single scene with Diddy without peeing their pants, either out of laughter or fear, despite the fact that Puffy never once breaks character to crack a smile – not until the end of the movie, when he literally goes insane for the cause of “mind-gaming” (age-appropriate version of the term he actually uses) Snow to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.
5. It’s a good story that all of us have dreamed about at some point.
A young professional (Hill) hits the jackpot when his dream job requires him to spend three days with his favorite rock star (Brand). When he gets an up close look at the superstar’s life, he realizes that even the rich and famous are flawed, perhaps even more so than he. Once the two are established on level grounds, they are able to form an unlikely friendship that balances each of their polarities and allows them to literally and metaphorically Get Him to The Greek.