Get Him To The Greek, Grown Ups, The Other Guys

Comedy special!

#1 - GET HIM TO THE GREEK

Stars - Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, Sean Combs

Director - Nicholas Stoller

Memorable Quote - "Time to get our mind-fuck on."

Review - This is a laugh out loud film which I really thoroughly enjoyed. The fake rock songs scattered throughout are genius, and while Russell Brand may be playing his usual rock star character let's not forget that this is a comedy persona, so it's not as though he isn't acting - he's just typecast. Anyway, this is much better than his previous outings and it just keeps getting funnier, with particular highlights including the whirlwind chaos of the casino scene and some of the ridiculous fake music videos. This is worth a watch when you want to be spitting your drink across the room in uncontrollable laughter. 5/5

#2 - GROWN UPS

Stars - Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Kevin James

Director - Dennis Dugan

Memorable Quote - "I want to get chocolate wasted."

Review - Grown Ups is actually hilarious. I did not really expect this to be the case, but  honestly, I laughed through a large amount of it. It's an honest and simple story of families needing to reconnect with each other and with themselves, and under all of the toilet humour there is quite a nice idea. I'm not sure how on earth they keep managing to get Steve Buscemi involved in these Adam Sandler films, but his part is fantastic, reminding one almost of that squirrel from Ice Age and his little sequences that break up the plot scenes. This is a great film for days when you need a pick me up, or when a film that requires too much thought would be taxing. 3.5/5

#3 - THE OTHER GUYS

Stars - Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan

Director - Adam Mckay

Memorable Quote - "I'm like a peacock, you gotta let me fly!"

Review - This is also fantastic. I actually went in to it just expecting something which might numb my brain for a while since I was tired, but I found it really funny and the chemistry between Ferrell and Wahlberg is just great. The scene pictured above, also known as the tuna/lion scene, was the moment at which I decided that, yes, this was a brilliant movie which I was enjoying very much; cameo appearances from Samuel L Jackson and The Rock, an ongoing joke about Eva Mendes' character and other women liking Ferrell, and a script that hits all the right notes did not hurt either. 5/5

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