Up in Smoke

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Up in Smoke

R

1978

1h 26m

Comedy

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An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner (Tommy Chong) ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas (Cheech Marin). While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."

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Critics Consensus

Oft-quoted but undeniably flawed, Up In Smoke is a seminal piece of stoner cinema thanks to the likability of its two counterculture icons.

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Variety Staff

Variety

May 7, 2008

What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

May 7, 2008

Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Sep 5, 2007

2.5/4

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.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 6, 2026

"Up in Smoke" is not really very funny.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Aug 30, 2021

3/4

Cheech Marin and Thomas Chong prove to be irresistible anti-establishment figures in this consistently amusing dum-dum comedy.

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Jul 17, 2019

4/5

Classic stoner comedy has drugs, language, sex.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 16, 2026

Up in Smoke = a *4* star Movie!

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Oliver C

@slimjim123 Apr 28, 2026

pretty darn funny, especially for it's time.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 27, 2025

You have to see it because it's so iconic. Everyone's heard of it, but have they actually seen it? I know I have! I'm not stupid enough to watch all the others though.

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MercersLaw T

@RT56563753 Nov 8, 2025

A cult stoner classic, literally won't be funny to none stoners. Cheech Martins facial expressions are a big part of this humour for me. Literally looks blazed all movie (which I'm guessing he was). Some funny scenes but some will have dated obviously. The lard ass bit still makes me laugh and the plot is ridiculous.

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Jim N

@RT88410809 Oct 22, 2025

One of the funniest films I've ever seen. I watched it again recently at the age of forty-nine and it took me right back to my late teens and early twenties, when I used to smoke sensimilla through a gas mask.

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Brandon B.

@aa_visuals Aug 12, 2025

Classic and a must watch for any fan of the genre.

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Synopsis

An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner (Tommy Chong) ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas (Cheech Marin). While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."

Director: Lou Adler
Producer: Lou Adler, Lou Lombardo
Screenwriter: Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1978, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 17, 2008
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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