I went a little movie insane this weekend and now I’m back with another review! Wha? Two reviews in one week? Yes, that’s correct!
I kept the movie seeing light this weekend and went with another comedy, but this time, unlike Killers, it was legitimately funny. Let’s take a look!
Rating: R
Release date: June 11, 2010
Everyday Adventures’ grade: B+
Summary: Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) is a huge rock star/train wreck (like Britney 2 years ago) and record company lackey (like Audrina used to be), Aaron (Jonah Hill) has one job, to get him to the Greek Theater in LA for a show. What could go wrong? Nothing. Everything.
My thoughts: Not bad/a little long/pretty funny. Not a bad combo. I liked the Aldous character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall because he was a raunchy guy with a good heart buried below tattoos and likely syphilis. It’s nice to see him again here in a bigger role but sometimes, the drama, sex and “woe is me” stuff wears on you. But I will say this, he is really entertaining on stage.
Jonah Hill is great in this too, playing the Tom Hanks-like good guy lead astray, a nice departure to the loser pot head characters he’s played in Knocked Up. It’s funny too that he was also in Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Russell Brand but doesn’t reprise that role here.
No, the scene stealer here really is Sean Combs. Diddy killed it. Sure, he was a little psycho and needed his mouth washed out with soap but some of his lines were hilarious. Including one with a cameo guest about being “gangster” that had me almost crying laughing. Killed it.
The guest cameos are great too and fortunately Katy Perry wasn’t one of them.
Judd Apatow was one of the producers on this movie and you can see (as with all of his films) that this laggers on a little too long and has about 10-15 minutes of footage that could easily be removed. But it’s not something that ruins this overall because it’s still funny.
Verdict: Go see it but make it a day movie, no need for evening prices.
What did you guys think?




