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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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 30, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $18,225,165
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
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Reviews for Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
An empowering idea is woven with great subtlety into a series of poop jokes, sex jokes, and pot jokes. Maybe some people will miss it. I didn’t.
08/06/04
Once every summer season, the Holy Grail appears on screen. In 2004, it came as a steaming sack of tiny square burgers, the good end to a long, superb stoner road revue.
08/05/04
The pacing is clunky, with the flat feel of a sitcom.
08/05/04
That the movie is dumb goes without saying. But is it funny? You betcha.
08/04/04
What's impressive about the jokes is how smart so many of them are
08/04/04
This new comedy offers "American Pie" type teen humor with John Cho and Kal Penn playing the leads.
08/03/04
Harold and Kumar give brain-dead comedies a good name
08/02/04
A stoner comedy with a clear-headed sense of wit...
08/02/04
A nasty, cynical, and outrageously funny look at racism and xenophobia framed around a pot-driven food run.
08/02/04
A well-paced and extremely funny yuk-fest that never takes itself too seriously -- and neither should you.
08/02/04
Instantly forgettable but fun.
08/01/04
...the movie has delivery that often overshadows the punch lines, and it's not very accessible.
08/01/04
What grounds the film, always, is the likableness of leads Cho and Penn.
08/01/04
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.
08/01/04
Top CriticThe funniest road trip comedy since Todd Phillips's 'Road Trip.'
07/31/04
Repeatedly, as per road-movie formula, Harold and Kumar come to expect sex and/or druggy delirium, only to be disappointed.
07/31/04
Often, the boys' misadventures attain a farcical perpetual motion that's as funny as anything playing out on today's movie screens.
07/30/04
A peppy, satisfying comedy that could soon become a minor classic.
07/30/04
Top CriticWill seem a classic if you're stoned, and only slightly less funny if you're straight.
07/30/04
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