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Pineapple Express (2008)

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Reviews Counted:185

Fresh:126

Rotten:59

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: Both funny and scatter shot, this loose-knit action/buddy/stoner comedy bridges genres and keeps a steady tempo of low ball laughs.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence

Runtime: 1 hr. 52 min.

Genre: Comedy

Theatrical Release: Aug 6, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $87.3M

Synopsis: A lazy stoner (Seth Rogen) is the sole witness to a murder by an evil drug lord (Gary Cole) and a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez). Marked for death, he runs... A lazy stoner (Seth Rogen) is the sole witness to a murder by an evil drug lord (Gary Cole) and a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez). Marked for death, he runs for his life, dragging his dazed dealer (James Franco) and his supplier (Danny McBride) with him on a hilarious smokin' adventure. [More]

Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez

Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Danny R. McBride, Kevin Corrigan, Craig Robinson, Amber Heard, Ed Begley Jr, Nora Dunn, Joe Lo Truglio, Bobby Lee, James Remar, Arthur Napiontek, Cleo King, Bill Hader, Jonathan Walker Spencer, Dana Lee, Ken Jeong, David C. Cook, Howard S. Lefstein, Connie Sawyer, David McDivitt, Mae Laborde, Kendall Carly Browne, George Lew, John Robert Tramutola, Adam Crosby, Andrew Heald, Jeanetta Arnette, Carlos Aleman Ocampo, Omar Leyva, Sam Carson, Jack Kehler, Robert Longstreet, Peter Barent Lewis, Steve Bannos, Eddie Rouse Jr., Mark Whigham, Brian Scannell, Gary Hymes

Director: David Gordon Green

Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriter: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Producer: Seth Rogan
Distributor: Sony/Columbia

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The movie runs red with both blood and cherry Slushies ... There's also more male affection on display here than, well, since 'Superbad' and that cowboy movie that people still complain to me about.

Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | comment Comment
Dec 24, 2009
Matt Soergel
Matt Soergel
Florida Times-Union

Pineapple Express is good for a few laughs but little more; it's low-grade Apatow--I think they used to call it dirt weed.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

Pretty bad

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 2 Comments
Aug 26, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

I'm happy anyway to see that Green can wield his considerable skill in a completely different form, with the result being such a fun movie.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
Jan 13, 2009
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Definitely can not be compared to Superbad or Knocked Up, but another secure comedy brought to use by both Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
Jan 4, 2009
Jolene Mendez
Jolene Mendez
Entertainment Spectrum

More an inconsistent collection of gags and skits than a cohesive feature, but the highs are funny and the lows hard to get worked up about, so we still walk away smiling.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment 1 Comment
Dec 19, 2008
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Pineapple Express is funny, but it's not outrageously funny. Such material needs to be outrageously funny to succeed.

Full Review | comment Comment
Nov 12, 2008
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Pineapple Express is a highly entertaining, offbeat comedy-thriller that has Future Cult Movie written all over it. Recommended.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment 2 Comments
Sep 12, 2008
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Apatow’s former confidence about not underestimating the intelligence of his audiences seems to have largely disappeared.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

The first half-hour floats by on a cloud of mildly funny lines ("couscous – the food so nice they named it twice"), but then slumps into a derivative action caper that's weirdly and unappealingly reminiscent of Eighties dross like Beverly Hills Cop.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment 2 Comments
Sep 12, 2008
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The theoretically fail-safe team of the writer/actor Seth Rogen and co-writer/ producer Judd Apatow – the Knocked Up duo – deliver a funnybone- clobbering spree with more energy than wit.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

This is a Class A comedy about Class B drugs. It has a Rizla-thin plot but Camberwell-carrot sized laughs.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Sun Online

Pineapple Express descends from patchy comedy to decidedly daft action send-up.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Daily Mirror [UK]

Though there are funny one-liners early on, the script becomes increasingly lazy, while the violence which takes over the second half feels as if it belongs to a different picture.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment 5 Comments
Sep 12, 2008
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

The Freaks And Geeks boys prove that weedy action men are where it’s at. Pineapple Express sometimes zones out but mostly blows minds and inspires some delirious giggles. Like the titular grass, really.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Jamie Graham
Jamie Graham
Total Film

As stoner comedies go, it's of a high enough grade for even Cheech & Chong themselves to put it in a Rizla and smoke it.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Rich Phippen
Rich Phippen
Sky Movies

Pineapple Express has its fair share of laughs, but it's a fundamentally heartless and unlovable minor work from Team Apatow.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph

Watching this without having got stoned first is like watching a 3D movie without the special glasses. There are a few moderate laughs (and a nice Jude Law gag) but the full-on gory violence is disconcerting and unfunny.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 1 Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

The problem about being hopelessly stoned is that you also become hopelessly boring. So it is here.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment 4 Comments
Sep 12, 2008
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]

More half-baked than Superbad or Knocked Up but still solidly entertaining, if unnecessarily violent, and with a great performance from James Franco.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Sep 12, 2008
Leigh Singer
Leigh Singer
Film4
 
 
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