Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 145
Fresh: 107 | Rotten: 38
The likable leads and subversion of racial stereotypes elevate Harold and Kumar above the typical stoner comedy.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 8
The likable leads and subversion of racial stereotypes elevate Harold and Kumar above the typical stoner comedy.
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Directed by Danny Leiner, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle follows the life-changing (and mind-altering) journey of Korean-American investment banker Harold (John Cho) and Indian-American medical-school candidate Kumar (Kal Penn). Both underdogs, Harold and Kumar decide to spend what would have been an otherwise uneventful Friday night satisfying an oddly intense urge for White Castle hamburgers. However, finding a White Castle proves a highly difficult task, and the two friends wind up on an
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John Cho
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Kal Penn
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Paula Garcés
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Neil Patrick Harris
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David Krumholtz
Goldstein -
Eddie Kaye Thomas
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Christopher Meloni
Freakshow -
Ryan Reynolds
Male Nurse -
Fred Willard
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Ethan Embry
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Malin Akerman
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All Critics (150) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (113) | Rotten (39) | DVD (28)
A multilayered goof on ethnic stereotypes...
Top CriticBehind all the Farrelly-esque gross-out humour and Cheech & Chong-isms lies a sensitive little picture with a deftly handled anti-racism slant.
Stretches the boundaries of offensiveness in ways that both make us laugh and make us think.
Silliness is the movie's only ambition, but there's something mind-blowing about seeing a fratty comedy through two pairs of Asian-American eyes, particularly when those eyes belong to actors who were token minorities in other dumb comedies.
A peppy, satisfying comedy that could soon become a minor classic.
Will seem a classic if you're stoned, and only slightly less funny if you're straight.
Extremely dumb and vulgar comedy; not for kids.
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.
'This night is about the American dream,' Kumar promises, and you know what? It sort of is. [Blu-Ray]
The film is remarkably silly and often empty-headed, yet it leaves one pleasantly amused.... (Blu-ray Edition)
...for all its juvenile shortcomings, there's a sweet and beguiling charm to the film.
Politically correct Cheech and Chong
A deserving modern classic, even if only for being so bold as to describe Katie Holmes' breasts as being "the exact opposite" of the Holocaust.
...fares a whole lot better than the majority of its stoner-comedy brethren...
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.
a whacky, racially refreshing breather in Hollywood's white-dominated, politically over-correct bummer of a mainstream culture
Go ahead, it's what you crave.
While unabashedly unsophisticated, this flick is subtly smarter, more audacious and more finely tuned than other movies of its ilk...
Audience Reviews for Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
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I'm one of the few people that have seen the 3rd installment before watching the classic "White Castle" iteration so I see how the roots started it all, and frankly, "White Castle" is a dumbed down version of "Christmas 3-D". Yeah, it's "kind of" entertaining, but it's rarely and it's horribly made. Poster says, "From the director of 'Dude, Where's My Car?'" That's not a good way of advertising. Shot, directed, and edited horribly.
Other then that, "White Castle" is somewhat of an entertaining road-movie, but if you're looking for high-laughs that split your insides, "White Castle" ain't it. It's sequel does a better job.
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- Kumar: Remember that time when we got really stoned and started throwing shit off of that bridge to see if it would float?
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- Harold: Did Doogie Howser just steal my fucking car?
- Kumar: Yes! I think he did.
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- Rosenberg: Oh! Tits! Tits!
- Goldstein: Boobies! Boobies! Boobies!
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Original, unpretentious, funny and above all well written. The "buddy" road movie chemistry of Harold and Kumar, single-handedly revived the stoner comedy genre at the turn of the millennium, however stoner comedies are a kind of comedy film featuring qualities that can range from gut busting and unique, to "Freddy Got Fingered". However this one feature some extremely likable and refreshingly hilarious hero's who sideline the expected racial stereotype humour by giving them a witty and clever character twist, whilst understanding who it's audience is, and offering gross out, in your face laugh out loud humour. It combines raunch, sweet overtones and witty dialogue chopped full of laughs held nicely together by energetic performances from the leads. My only criticism is that many film fans will go and watch "White Castle" with no plausible intention of being baked in the process. That said as somebody who saw this equipped with nothing more than a small soft drink and a bag of popcorn I found enough laughs in it, I can only imagine how hilarious this must be if you're on weed simultaneously. But for me, I see it as easygoing, ridiculous, emotionally engaging fun with enough high and low brow moments to satisfy those who appreciate how good modern comedies can actually be if they bothered to try. After all if it weren't for the outstanding success of Harold and Kumar we wouldn't have stoner comedies like Seth MacFarlanes overly embraced "Ted" and David Gordon Green's Pineapple Express. The best compliment you can give the film is that it's a stoner comedy masterpiece, and it is.