The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, Up in Smoke provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded.
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
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Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 8
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 5.2/10
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... 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 close shaves ensue, the comedic duo end up at L.A.'s Roxy Theatre to perform a hilarious final scene. Without giving away too many clues, it can be said that a pink tutu and a red quaalude are involved. [More]
Starring: Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Strother Martin, Tommy Chong
Starring: Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Strother Martin, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Tom Skerritt, Zane Buzby, Louisa Moritz
Director: Lou Adler
Director: Lou Adler
Producer: Lou Adler, Lou Lombardo
Screenwriter: Thomas Chong, Cheech Marin
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Reviews for Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke
What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.
Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.
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.
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.
Cheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team.
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.
Up in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie.
The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars.
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