No Movie Has Aged As Badly As This Raunchy Blockbuster Comedy With A Trio Of Canceled Stars

Get Him To The Greek is a delightfully raunchy romp with an aging rock star, rocked by one scandal after another, who’s going to put together a huge comeback concert for his record label. The problem is that Aldous Snow, the rock star, is played by Russell Brand, the record executive tasked to get him to the concert, Aaron Green, is played by Jonah Hill, and his boss is Sergio, played by Sean “Diddy” Combs. Each and every one of them has been embroiled in scandal in the last few years, and ironically, each of their characters mirrored what would eventually take them down in the eyes of the public.

Jonah Hill’s Aaron Green is a decent guy; he could even be described as a nice guy who’s trying to reconcile with his long-time girlfriend, Daphne (Elisabeth Moss). The problem here is that in 2023, Hill’s ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady went public with messages that Hill had sent her, which she claimed were examples of emotional abuse and narcissistic behavior. While they were intended to be private, the messages didn’t make Hill look good, and he’s been vilified on social media ever since.

Now, Hill’s controversy pales in comparison to his Get Him To The Greek co-stars because, at least in his case, the law never had to get involved.

Russell Brand is Aldous Snow. Years before taking on the role of the rocker for Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek, Brand was a wild UK-based comic known to party hard. In 2023, it all came to a head, with women on both sides of the Atlantic accusing the star of numerous crimes ranging from assault to stalking.

The star has denied everything and is planning to fight them in court, but once the dam broke, there was an outpouring of women with stories to tell but as usual, it’s hard to tell what’s true and what’s false. Brand’s portrayal of Aldous Snow in Get Him To The Greek is surprisingly heartfelt despite the character’s hedonistic tendencies, and it’s a shame that now his performance, perhaps the best of his career, has been overshadowed by his real-world issues.

Then there’s Diddy, who plays Sergio and, at one point in Get Him To The Greek, forces Aaron to hook up with a groupie, Destiny, despite being deeply in love with his long-time girlfriend. So about that, wow, uh, yeah…the United States Department of Justice arrested Diddy for doing exactly that sort of thing for decades in reality. In fact, in retrospect, it seems like Diddy was never really playing a character and, like the other two, just an exaggerated version of himself.

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Now, I’ll admit that I enjoyed Get Him To The Greek when it came out, as at the time, I was consuming every Apatow movie that came out of his pipeline, and while there’s still some redeeming qualities about it, the shine has worn off, and I doubt I’ll watch it again.

Taken simply as a movie, it’s raunchy with a heart to it, and Hill and Brand play off each other remarkably well, but it’s also the exact type of comedy studios are terrified to make today because it might be offensive. And for good reason, there’s a few scenes that would not go over with modern audiences, and that’s without taking into account the off-screen controversies of the last two years.

If you want to check it out for yourself, Get Him To The Greek is available through Video on Demand through Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and AppleTV.