get him to the greek (stoller, 2010)

i remember getting a message from anna in 2006/7 when she was abroad in france, and she asked me what was new in america. i told her she was never going to believe it: you know that show freaks and geeks? THOSE GUYS took over comedy! they're the popular comedy team right now! FREAKS AND MOTHAFEKKIN GEEKS! the world would never be the same. sure, FaG had that whole fieg thing going on, and undeclared was noticeably less wonderful, but it was still one of the best shows ever to exist on television--just slightly more commercial than FaG on the short term. and then knocked up came out, and it was like undeclared the tv show--seriously! like--dead on! hysterical, heartfelt, and commercial. but heartfelt. heartfelt. i can't stress that enough.

with get him to the greek, the apatow crew has officially jumped the shark. it is a spinoff of one of their best movies, but it misses the mark completely. no heart, no soul, no originality. and the jokes weren't all that funny, either.

6/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226229/