[film] Get Him to the Greek

[inulro]

I only watched this because it's been described as a sort of remake of My Favourite Year.

Which it's really not a lot like at all, except in concept (young fan-boy charged with getting a washed-up star with substance abuse problems to a live performance).

I wasn't expecting to like it. I was certainly not expecting to laugh out loud. There's some perceptive lines about being an addict, and they're all funny. The songs are a sort of awful demented genius.

There are still some annoying bits, but overall it's better than it has any right to be. Especially the songs.

Between this and some articles he's written for the Guardian, I'm reluctantly having to admit there's some substance to this Russell Brand dude.

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[girfan.livejournal.com]

I had free passes to see this before it came out in the cinema and have to agree that I didn't expect to like it and did.