Hollywood Product: Get Him To The Greek

GENRE: Mismatched bromance

THE PITCH: Junior music industry executive Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has three days to deliver uncontrollable, substance-abusing rockstar Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from London to New York for a comeback gig at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, without overdosing on the sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll lifestyle along the way.

THE FACE IS FAMILIAR: If the name Aldous Snow rings a bell, it’s because Brand also played the lead singer for Infant Sorrow in 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Sarah director Nicholas Stoller writes and helms Greek, which features Hill as a new Aldous fan and includes a hilarious reference to Sarah Marshall’s new TV show.

MONEY SHOTS: Greek makes delightful use of Hill’s bristling, globular noggin, whether he’s throwing up, rocking out to the Mars Volta or trying to suppress a sneeze while carrying drugs where the sun doesn’t shine. A drunk, stoned Aaron disrupts “The Today Show” studio while running an errand for Aldous. A quick, hilarious montage shows a Las Vegas drug deal go wrong. Aaron and Aldous stroke a fur-covered wall to keep from suffering a bad trip. Record exec Sergio (Sean “Diddy” Combs) chases Aaron and Aldous like the Terminator.