Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.
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Apatow came out of stand-up and writing for The Larry Sanders Show, one of the smartest deadpan comedy series of the '90s, but his career really took off when he crossed into movies, as the producer of the Will Ferrell film, Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Segal writes this one with his partner in writing crime, Nicholas Stoller, who helped him pen the also forgettable -- other than Jonah Hill's terrific performance -- Get Him to the Greek.
Not that this is necessarily Segel's fault because we know what he's capable of from "Get Him to the Greek," but we expect much better from director James Bobin and his musical supervisor Bret McKenzie, one half of "Flight of the Conchords," because their attempts at making modern Muppet music falls flat since they're clearly out of their comfort zone.
That distinction belongs to the decision by Segel -- who co-wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller (" Get Him to the Greek ") -- to follow the blueprint used in "The Muppet Movie."
Cowritten by Judd Apatow acolytes Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller ("Get Him to the Greek," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and directed by James Bobin (HBO's "Flight of the Conchords"), the movie is endearing and charming with all the good-natured spirit of Muppets past but with enough sly, self-aware wit to keep it from being a nostalgia piece.
Segel also co-wrote the script with fellow Muppet fan Nick Stollery (Get Him to the Greek).
Directed by James Bobin ( Da Ali G Show , Flight of the Conchords ) and co-written by Nicholas Stoller ( Get Him To The Greek ) and the film’s star Jason Segel, the first big-screen Muppet adventure of the 21st century is an exuberant, sunny musical that’s occasionally tongue-in-cheek but never even remotely snarky.
Segel co-wrote The Muppets with long-time collaborator Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek), so one might assume a silly and bawdy R-rated take on the classic characters.