Movie review: Get Him to the Greek

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I haven't really seen very much of Russell Brand but, as this movie shows, he can certainly carry a movie well. Brand is so close to the rock start persona anyway that the step-up for him is pretty easy, I think. He is entrancing as Aldous Snow, alternately grandiose and self-doubting, which is just as well because, aside from a wonderful cameo by Sean Combs as Sergio, there's not too much to remember this film for. It is reasonably funny ("When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke the furry wall" is a wonderful quote and a great motif for the whole movie) but just not very memorable.