Should've smoked a Jeffrey instead of watching this.

Rating: 2/10 (27 May 2011)

Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) is a rock 'n' roll icon that looks like the spawn of Mick Jagger and Amy Winehouse. He's on a downward spiral professionally (African Child) and personally (break-up with pop star Jackie Q, who I didn't realize till afterward was the chick from Damages) and his one chance of a comeback is a reunion concert with his old group Infant Sorrow at the Greek Theater. Aaron (Jonah Hill) is an intern at Pinnacle Records with low self esteem, a girlfriend who spends more time working at the hospital than with him, and a boss Sergio (Sean Combs a.k.a. Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy) with the assignment of a lifetime: get Aldous Snow, who's also Aaron's idol, to the Greek Theater in 72 hours with a stop on the Today show along the way. Sounds simple, right? Not really. Aldous downs drugs and alcohol, has sex with numerous women, and encourages Aaron to get in on the fun. Aaron, who's on the outs with said girlfriend and desperate to get respect at Pinnacle, tries to do his job but succumbs to Aldous' lifestyle. All this is suppose to be funny, but it's not.
One of the problems is the acting. Brand is funny...in small doses. In FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (where Aldous originated), he's a scene stealer. In GET HIM TO THE Greek, he wears out his welcome about a half hour into the film. Hill is better as a smart-ass like in KNOCKED UP and SUPERBAD than a people-pleasing mope. Combs playing an exaggerated version of himself gets old pretty quickly.
Second was the vomiting, the quasi-rape between Aaron and some broad in Vegas, the almost threesome with Aldous, Aaron, and Aaron's girlfriend, sticking heroin balloons in bodily functions not meant to hide anything much less drugs, etc. It just came across as been-there-seen-it-too-many-times-in-other-funnier-films. Even the famous cameos can't save this.
If you're looking for a funny film about people doing bad things, just rent THE HANGOVER. If you get the urge to see GET HIM TO THE Greek, just stoke a furry wall.