This is an understatement.Ībout an hour of solid, raucous comedy ensues, brutally mocking the fakeness of the modern music industry while treating us to an enjoyable series of Russell Brand/Jonah Hill sketches. His boss, Pinnacle honcho Sergio Roma (Sean Combs), has dealt with petulant, irresponsible rock stars before, and warns Aaron that babysitting Aldous for 72 hours will not be easy. Assigned to get Aldous from London to the show is Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), an eager mid-level executive who genuinely loves Aldous’ work (except for “African Child,” which everyone hated). His label, Pinnacle Records, schedules a gig at L.A.’s Greek Theatre, where 10 years ago he recorded a live album that went platinum. He has also gone off the wagon - spectacularly, in fact, devouring more booze and drugs than most mortals can survive. He has split from his long-time partner Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), whose pop career continues to spiral upward. But Brand inhabits him so completely, so enthusiastically, that it’s hard not to be impressed by his commitment to the joke.Īs the film opens, Aldous has fallen on hard times, his condescending “message” album “African Child” having been dubbed the third-worst thing to happen to Africa, after war and famine.
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Centering a movie on a character originally meant to be a one-dimensional sideliner is risky, and Aldous Snow doesn’t quite withstand the scrutiny. The premise is ripe with potential, especially in the hands of uber-producer Judd Apatow and writer/director Nicholas Stoller (who directed “Forgetting Sarah Marshall), who have already demonstrated how far a comedic premise can be taken when you aren’t afraid of an R rating.
Now comes an Aldous Snow spinoff, called “Get Him to the Greek,” in which a hapless record-label employee must escort the libidinous, drug-addled rocker to L.A. It was the British comic’s first major exposure in the U.S., and it led to a regimen of MTV gigs and funny talk-show appearances, all of which seemed to reinforce the idea that Aldous Snow and Russell Brand are not very different from one another. One of several scene-stealers in 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” was Aldous Snow, the hedonistic, hard-partying rock star played by Russell Brand.
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