Harold and Kumar
Go to White Castle
reviewed by Brian "the Naked Gun" Felts & Benn "Where's the Humanity?" Farrell
There is nothing to
say which will make you want to see it if you did not like any of the movies I just mentioned.
These movies are aimed at 17 to 25 year olds and to anybody who is still a little immature.
When AFI (American Film Institute) makes a new list for the 100 greatest comedies of all time, these movies will not be on
the list. However, they are still quite entertaining. I just hope Hollywood does not run this
into the ground, and we have to wait another 20 years before we see them again. I will be too old
to like them, at least in theory.
I would tell you about the story, but it is pretty obvious. Two guys are trying to get to White
Castle, because they have the munchies from smoking pot. There are cameo's with Neal Patrick
Harris (TV's Doogie Houser) and Jaime Kennedy (Malibu's Most Wanted), but like I said, if you didn't
like "Road Trip," you wont like this.
Brian - the Naked Gun
Here's one that is somewhat funny. There are several amusing gags and well delivered lines, but
the intelligence level is on vacation in "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle."
John Cho (American Pie) and Kal Penn (Van Wilder) head this meager cast, attempting to milk every
laugh from a picture which is one step north of a Cheech and Chong movie.
Harold (Cho) and Kumar (Penn) get stoned and have a craving for White Castle food, and eventually
they make stops to find more pot and meet completely overplayed characters, including Neil Patrick
Harris playing a satirical representation of himself.
The storyline is as stoned as the concept, and the writing was very rehashed. One character is
the "I don't give a f**k" character, while the other is the responsible one who has something to
lose in the morning. We've seen this in a variety of pictures over the past ten years, and this
one doesn't offer anything new.
However, as no brainers go, this one is pretty funny and should be a good laugh for almost anyone.
However, I think this one has spent about what's left of my tolerance for drug related humor.
The picture is left open for a sequel, to which I beg you movie goers out there to PLEASE pray to
whichever god you worship, asking movie executives not to give a green light to "Harold and
Kumar Go to Amsterdam." Benn - Where's the Humanity?
It is becoming clear the comedies which are coming out in the early part of the 2000's have
copied the theme of comedies of the 1980's. All the big bucks are in the d**k and fart jokes,
as well as T&A. In a long line of movies starting with "American Pie," going to "Road Trip" and
"Old School," I give you another classic, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle."