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Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)

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Reviews Counted:143

Fresh:105

Rotten:38

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: The likable leads and subversion of racial stereotypes elevate Harold and Kumar above the typical stoner comedy.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Following up his hit DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? writer-director Danny Leiner has come up with the riotous road-trip comedy HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE. Harold (John Cho) has graduated college and... Following up his hit DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? writer-director Danny Leiner has come up with the riotous road-trip comedy HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE. Harold (John Cho) has graduated college and is now working at a cubicle, where he is abused by other workers and forced to do their jobs for them. Kumar (Kal Penn) is expected to go to medical school to follow in the footsteps of his father and brother, but he'd rather spend his time partying. The entire film takes place in one night, as wild Kumar is determined to get a sack of burgers at White Castle, even though his more staid roommate would prefer to stay home and finish a project for his officemates. While Kumar seeks fun and adventure, lusting after nearly every woman he meets, Harold dreams only of Maria (Paula Garces), the woman down the hall whom he likes but is too afraid to talk to. Harold & Kumar's excellent adventure includes an outrageous bathroom scene in a college; a cop who takes his job way too seriously; a group of extreme, rad dudes who harass Harold, Kumar, and a convenience store manager; LAW & ORDER: SVU's Chris Meloni as an incredibly disgusting possible psycho; and Neil Patrick Harris playing himself, making fun of his Doogie Howser image. In addition to plenty of raunchy--and very funny--references to sex, drugs, and rock & roll, Leiner also takes on stereotypes and the meaning of love. [More]

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Malin Akerman

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Malin Akerman, David Krumholtz, Paula Garces, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Siu Ta, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Christopher Meloni, Gary Anthony Williams, Bobbi Lee, Fred Willard, Steve Braun, Ethan Embry, Luis Guzman, Jamie Kennedy

Director: Danny Leiner

Director: Danny Leiner
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Producer: Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane
Composer: David Kitay
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Warm, crazily inventive and sometimes hysterical...

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
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Behind all the Farrelly-esque gross-out humour and Cheech & Chong-isms lies a sensitive little picture with a deftly handled anti-racism slant.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Will never become a teen classic, to be remembered lovingly as the film that shaped your teenage years but one thing's for sure: it's very funny and wonderfully dumb.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
03/07/05
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

Frankly, if there isn't already another Harold and Kumar movie in the works, then there should be.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
03/09/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

There's an audience that will appreciate this, but they may struggle to see it through the smoke.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
03/01/05
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
BBC
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Amid the insane goofiness there's some serious stuff happening that actually speaks to us.

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09/12/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

...this film is dreadful! Horrible! Terrible! Aaaarrggghhh!

Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com | comment 6 Comments
07/25/05
Uri Lessing
Uri Lessing
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Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | comment 2 Comments
01/01/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

Cho and Penn pull off the fast-food humor with a laid-back style that gets them through even when the movie lags.

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07/30/04
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07/30/04
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08/07/04
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is the latest multicultural variant of the lowbrow buddy comedy in which the heroes just want to get high and laid.

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10/10/04
Alan Dale
Alan Dale
Blogcritics.org

Just as Mike Judge's Office Space has become an anthem for all us Gen X cubicle slaves, Harold and Kumar will resonate deeply with anyone who attended high school in the 1990s and at least saw a joint.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/29/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

There is a lot of imagination in this wacky ride of a film that would make 'The Dude' from The Big Lebowski very happy.

Full Review Source: Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) | comment Comment
09/15/04
Andrew Griffin
Andrew Griffin
Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)

The outlandish premise and greasy title may be a little hard to swallow, but Danny Leiner's proudly moronic film embraces its boneheadedness so cheerfully that its lowbrow charms are nearly irresistible.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/30/04
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Director Danny Leiner has now elevated the stoner comedy to its highest peak...

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02/26/05
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

While not as outlandishly contrived as director Danny Leiner's Dude, Where's My Car? H&K is about as barely funny and just as hard to believe.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/30/04
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

A funny stoner buddy movie, with nods to those original multicultural high times guys, Cheech and Chong, and flashes of the kind of party-on comedy that Saturday Night Live slackers Wayne and Garth made most excellent.

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07/29/04
Bob Townsend
Bob Townsend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It's what a stoner comedy should be. It's what a buddy comedy should be. Two for the price of one sure as hell ain't bad . . . the funniest thing I've seen in months.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/04/04
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
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Features quite possibly the worst, most unfunny scene of the 2004 film year.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
08/16/04
Brian Orndorf
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