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Half Baked (1998)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 17

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Returning from a food run, kindly kindergarten teacher Kenny (Harland Williams) makes the mistake of feeding a massive amount of junk food to a tired-looking, diabetic NYPD horse, which drops dead. Tossed in jail, Kenny relies on his totally stoned roommates (Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer) to devise a way to raise the 100,000-dollar bail. Their solution? Sell marijuana stolen from a government research lab. Cameos in this comedy include Stephen Wright, Janeane Garofalo, Stephen

R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Comedy

,

Jun 30, 1998

Universal Pictures

All Critics (33) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (18) | DVD (10)

Goofy marijuana movie with weak plot.

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Riotous, even to the sober.

December 16, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | Comment
Arizona Daily Star

So funny! "But I'm Cuban, B." "YES, Cuban B!"

April 22, 2005 Comment (1)

As far as pot comedies go, it's got just enough laughs to warrant a visit.

February 22, 2005 Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | Comment
DVD Clinic

Drug movies are a lot more fun when you're on the stuff being used in the movie.

February 15, 2005 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | Comment
CinemaBlend.com

Winningly stupid comedy, with the emphasis on stupid.

March 17, 2004 Comment

seems half-produced, with a grainy, unattractive look and bargain-basement special-effects that ruin some good ideas. Perhaps the filmmakers blew their budget on the slew of guest stars who pop up briefly...

July 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

The definitive stoner's anthem film. Chapelle is hilarious and charismatic. Great celebrity cameos help keep the uneven script afloat. (Best served fully baked).

March 21, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Half Baked

Stupid comedy but done well. I laugh at this movie all the time.

June 29, 2008
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

Half Baked was one of the first stoner comedies that I have seen, and though since then, I've seen a lot of the films in this comedy sub genre, Half Baked still remains a fun comedy classic. Dave Chappelle makes this film fun to watch, and the other actors starring opposite him are just as nuts as he is. Half Baked is

November 8, 2011
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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    3. Thurgood: Operator with an emergency breakthrough from your sister: Samson, it's Sheila. Mama fell.
    4. Samson Simpson: Shut up, bitch!
    – Submitted by ryan m (8 months ago)

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