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... [More]
Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Malin Akerman
Director: Danny Leiner
Reviews for Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
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 3/5 |
Warm, crazily inventive and sometimes hysterical... Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Frankly, if there isn't already another Harold and Kumar movie in the works, then there should be. Full Review |
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60/100 |
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 |
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 2/5 |
There's an audience that will appreciate this, but they may struggle to see it through the smoke. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Amid the insane goofiness there's some serious stuff happening that actually speaks to us. Full Review |
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B+ |
You'll laugh, you'll laugh, and you'll laugh%u2014especially if you see the movie in the cannabis enhanced glaze that the filmmakers intend. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
'This night is about the American dream,' Kumar promises, and you know what? It sort of is. [Blu-Ray] Full Review |
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6/10 |
...for all its juvenile shortcomings, there's a sweet and beguiling charm to the film. Full Review |
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B |
A deserving, albeit minor classic, if only for being so bold as to describe Katie Holmes' breasts as being "the exact opposite" of the Holocaust. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...fares a whole lot better than the majority of its stoner-comedy brethren... Full Review |
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4/4 |
An over-the-top romp which rehashes lots of dumb drug jokes but breaks far enough away from the tried-and-true teen formula to earn a high mark even from this jaded critic. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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3.5/4 |
A multilayered goof on ethnic stereotypes... Full Review |
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79/100 |
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3.5/4 |
a whacky, racially refreshing breather in Hollywood's white-dominated, politically over-correct bummer of a mainstream culture Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Go ahead, it's what you crave. Full Review |
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3/4 |
While unabashedly unsophisticated, this flick is subtly smarter, more audacious and more finely tuned than other movies of its ilk... Full Review |
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B |
It's all as serious as a White Castle slider. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
April 08, 2009:
Kal Penn Trades Acting for Public Service 
"Harold and Kumar" star Kal Penn has given up acting -- but rather than pursuing a new career in hip-hop, Penn will be joining the Obama administration as the new associate... More...
July 25, 2008:
Mandate Greenlights Harold and Kumar 3
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