Not funny or original, and not well written

Rating: 3/10 (15 October 2010)

Jonah Hill plays Aaron a young music producer who likes musician Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) and he's been charged to "Get Him to the Greek". The beginning of that sentence sounds familiar because this film is "based on characters created by Jason Segal" (as written in the credits). At least they credited it correctly because they take nothing from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008). Just two of the same actors playing characters with some of the same superficial aspects and that's it.
I like Hill and Brand in small doses, but they just aren't likable and talented enough to carry an entire film. It was all unfunny jokes and dragged out ad nausea. I don't believe there was any spoofing going on here, just trying to steal some once funny lines. They had a character copying Isla Fisher from "Wedding Crashers" (2005) but she was just a cheap imitation.
"Get Him to the Greek" didn't have anything very funny and nothing original and just wasn't well written. I would recommend re-watching "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"; it's just so much funnier and overall a better film.