Though principally a vehicle for writer/star Jason Segel 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' provided the breakout role for comedian Russel Brand as a very sexual British rock star. So two years later they made a sort of spin off sequel.
Something was seen in the dynamic between Brand and Jonah Hill in the first film, so they brought Hill back as well though as a different character. Hill plays a low level record exec assigned to keep an eye on Brand and escort him from his home in London to an important concert at the Greek Theater (real?) in L.A.
So the plot is a vulgar rock varation on 'My Favorite Year'.
There appears to be some continuity issue between this and the first film, principally in the amount of time that has passed and Brand's 7 year relationship with a model/singer character played by Rose Byrne, who is not mentioned in the first film. Of course in a comedy that kind of fidelity ain't that important, though I use that inconsistency to bolster my pet theory that the events of 'Greek' are but a fantasy of Hill's character in the first film. Here he is more accomplished and capable and not only gets to spend a lot of time with his idol, but basically save his life. So it's 'Mulholland Drive's lesser cousin.
This film wishes it had more to say then it does. The bones are good but the comic flesh a little lean. Elizabeth Moss looks good in scrubs. **
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