A cult drug movie that lacks decent acting, script or direction.
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07/08/03
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:7
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Cheech and Chong's first "hit" movie is a popular comedy for the red-eyed generation. The outrageous pair begin their search for green pastures and good grass. After several wacky adventures and... [More]
Starring: Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Strother Martin, Tommy Chong
Director: Lou Adler
Reviews for Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke
1 - 16 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
Top Criticone joke stretched too far
11/08/04
As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals.
06/24/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/30/02
The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars.
03/10/03
Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.
05/07/08
No review available.
02/12/05
No review available.
01/22/03
The boys first, and still their best, foray into cinematic stonededness.
07/25/02
Cheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team.
04/09/07
Arguably one of the funniest Cheech and Chong movies, the weed comedy was dismissed by most critics (and parents) but it was embraced by young viewers and launched the subgenre of "stoner" comedies way before Linklater made Slacker and Dazed & Confused.
04/12/08
Up in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie.
09/06/05
No review available.
02/09/05
As far as comedic ingredients go, weed is not so much a surefire laugh-getter as it is a free-floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications.
09/05/07
The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, Up in Smoke provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded.
05/07/08
Top CriticWhat's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.
05/07/08
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