Get Him to the Greek (2010) on Netflix
A British rock star, Aldous Snow, has relapsed after a flop album and a breakup. Pinnacle Records sends Aaron Green to London to bring him to Los Angeles for a comeback concert.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.3/10191,239 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes72%
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Plot summary
Aldous Snow's album African Child flops, and after a split from the pop star Jackie Q he returns to drugs and drink, losing custody of his son Naples. In Los Angeles, Pinnacle Records has little money left after a string of poor decisions. When the company's head, Sergio Roma, asks his staff for ideas, talent scout Aaron Green suggests Aldous play the Greek Theatre, ten years after a show there, and Sergio sends him to London to collect the singer. Aldous, who believes the date is two months away, does not expect him, and leads Aaron on a bar crawl while Aaron tries to get him on a plane. Aaron's girlfriend Daphne, a medical resident, has a job offer in Seattle, and the two argue.
Cast
- Tyler McKinneyas African Child in Video
- Zoe Salmonas Zoe Salmon
- Eric Marshallas Concert goer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While filming on location in London's Trafalgar Square, Russell Brand was pushed into a fountain by a stranger passing by.
- The news footage used in the film was shot after a real Russell Brand stand-up performance of 'Scandalous' at London's O2 Arena, and most of that live audience stuck around to be part of it.
- Brand lined up cameos from Christina Aguilera, Pink and Katy Perry by approaching them backstage while he was preparing to present the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
- Rather than issue a normal movie soundtrack, Universal Republic and Brand chose to release the music as if it were a real rock album, unveiling it as the debut studio album of Aldous Snow's fictional band Infant Sorrow under the film's own title.
- The film's scene in which Jonah Hill's character is raped drew backlash from critics, who called it 'particularly egregious' and said it reinforced cultural myths about the acceptance of rape.
- After Sean Combs was indicted in 2024 on racketeering and sex trafficking charges and ultimately sentenced to 50 months in prison, observers noted that his character Sergio Roma had committed crimes in the film resembling his real-life allegations.
- Co-star Russell Brand has since faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations stemming from a 2023 investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches and The Sunday Times, and is due to stand trial on October 12, 2026.
