Get Him to the Greek
Dir: Nicholas Stoller
2010
**
Get Him to the Greek is an odd and not entirely warranted sequel/spin off of 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Get him to the Greek has a decent enough premise with a good idea at its core. However, the story is very shaky, the first half making much more sense than the second half. The editing goes out the window in the second half and it feels as if they're just making it all up as they go along and they settle for a cliche ending due to running out of either steam, interest or time. It's not without its moments though. P Diddy is pretty funny in his scenes, some of the one-liners are golden and they obviously did their research for the London scenes, acknowledging Brixton Academy as an important music venue for example. More miss than hit but was perfect for the mindless nonsense I was in the mood for at the time. It's a bit odd and a little distracting how Jonah Hill plays a different person then he did in the first film though, showing it to be the afterthought that somehow got the green light.