Russel Brand = Comedy Genius

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2008)

If you are new to Russel Brand then you may have found his performance surprising as Aldous Snow. For me it was the reason I went to watch the film in the first place. Russel has been a comedian presenter in the Uk for a few years now and has been tearing up the screens with his eccentric humour. He basically stole the show and produced the funniest scenes. Overall the film was a good comedy full of silliness and laughs. Definietely not one to take seriously or to try and understand the major plot holes. Usual Apatow Crowd appearing everywhere within the film and they were all great specially Jonah Hill. I have to say that the editing was a bit choppy and at a few points you could tell that scenes were chopped in half and put in different places and times in the film. Having said that i wasn't too bothered as i was too busy laughing. I actually laughed for a full 15 mins at one point as every time i was about to stop another funny thing happened, usually involving Brand.
Storyline - Who cares Acting - Decent Believability - Yeah right !!! Comedy Value - Hilarious
If they made it any differently it wouldn't have been as funny. In fact the last 20 mins faded into insignificance as they tried to tie up the plot with emotional value.
9/10 for a comedy 5/10 if i was to ignore the comedy