Get Him to the Greek

***1/2 stars

Get Him to the Greek, the sequel/spin-off to 2008’s hilarious Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the first film of the summer that truly lives up to its hype. It won’t set any records, and minus P. Diddy’s breakout role it will hardly be remembered as anything groundbreaking, but there’s nothing wrong with a movie that delivers exactly what you are promised: non-stop laughter in every way possible.

When Jonah Hill first hit it big as a lead actor in Superbad, I knew it was the birth of a comedic movie star. However, I was a bit skeptical as to how he would be able to break out of that kind of character. Instead, Hill embraces it, and is full-force funny as Aaron Green, a record company intern who is hired to get rock legend Aldo Snow (Russell Brand reprising his role from Forgetting Sarah Marshall) from London to Los Angeles in 72 hours for the ultimate comeback concert.

The catch? Aldo Snow has suffered public scrutiny after releasing an album many of which have call the worst of all time. But Aaron has hope in the artist, and promises his boss Sergio Roma (P. Diddy playing a wilder version of himself in quite possibly the funniest supporting turn since Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder) that the man will deliver. So Aaron and Aldo go on an adventure consisting of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and everything in between. In other words, leave the kids at home. This one is for your inner party animal. Or outer. Your choice.

Fast-paced, appropriately rude, and mind-blowingly hilarious, Get Him to the Greek achieves the goal of balancing the raunchy and delivering the comedic goods thanks to another top-notch job by director Nicholas Stoller. Finally, this summer movie season is showing signs of life.