Almost, but not quite what I was expecting

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2010)

Going into this movie I was expecting a fun comedy movie, Russell Brand was going to be the stand out cast member and there was going to be tons of swearing and sexual innuendo. I was not disappointed.
If you are after the above then go see this movie but be warned, this is not all about laughs. I had spoken to a friend who saw this before me who told me that she was quite concerned with the over the top drug use portrayed in the movie. For me this didn't concern me in the slightest as in some of the scenes it really did enhance the comedy.
The problem is that the writers of the script tried very hard to push an anti-drug message throughout the movie, for which I have massive respect. The problem was the timing of the delivery of this message. In a lot of scenes you have just wet yourself laughing (at drug use), to be promptly smacked in the face with the anti-drug message.
This left me feeling a little guilty for laughing to be honest.
Mind you, I haven't laughed this hard in the cinema since I saw The Hangover so it wasn't doing many things wrong.
Despite all of this I would suggest waiting for the DVD.