It panders and aims way too low way too frequently.
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07/30/04
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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
Perfectly paired, John Cho and Kal Penn take the stereotypes of the brilliant Asian and the genius Indian for a joyride.
07/30/04
It's enthusiastically vulgar, yet it adroitly takes on the topic of racial stereotyping, a surprisingly effective combination for a comedy.
07/30/04
H&KGTWC is a smart person's fart movie! It's like a American Road Pie Trip for the intelligente - the partying intelligente
07/30/04
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07/30/04
While not as outlandishly contrived as director Danny Leiner's Dude, Where's My Car? H&K is about as barely funny and just as hard to believe.
07/30/04
What's engaging about all this is that Penn and Cho are smart actors doing very dumb humor. Somehow the combination proves amusing.
07/30/04
Top CriticOne secret of fiction is the creation of unique characters who are precisely defined. The secret of comedy is the same, with the difference being that the characters must be obsessed with unwholesome but understandable human desires.
07/30/04
Top CriticThis movie has instances of absolute hilarity... but unlike the burgers, it has a lot of unnecessary fillers. Dude, where's my hamburger?
07/30/04
Harold and Maude Go to White Castle might have been a better bet, but this is nevertheless a gross-out comedy with a difference.
07/30/04
This may not be the funniest film of the summer nor even the stoniest, but it is still an enjoyable chunk of resin-soaked celluloid.
07/30/04
Cho and Penn pull off the fast-food humor with a laid-back style that gets them through even when the movie lags.
07/30/04
Danny Leiner hasn't matured as a filmmaker. And that's a very nice thing indeed.
07/30/04
Perfect summertime munchies for the drive-in. Lewd, raunchy and likely to spawn a sequel or two. It’s also fearless, well-acted and smarter than it lets on.
07/30/04
(This) isn't your typical lowbrow comedy about dopes smoking dope. Deep down, under the buns and fun, lurks a heapin' helping of heart.
07/30/04
If you're among those who giggled at the trailer before calling your buds to say Dude. Harold Kumar. Looks funny., you'll probably find a solid case of chuckles here.
07/30/04
There is a key to good'n'stupid lowbrow comedy:...be proudly, shamelessly, flippantly stupid...
07/30/04
I will tell you without compunction that I laughed many times during the film, and I will add that 90 percent of those laughs were at things I cannot repeat here.
07/30/04
[S]tarts out gross... and descends into the utterly moronic.
07/30/04
This buddy pot comedy's blunted charm lacks the clarity to make it soar as high as its protagonists.
07/29/04
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