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Up in Smoke (1978)

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Movie Info

Then professional potheads Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up for Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke, which features the drug-addled duo on a road trip throughout California; that is to say, a road-trip they hope will culminate in finding some quality weed. Instead, a series of mishaps result in their respective deportations to Mexico. Desperate to get back to the states so they can perform in their band's gig later that night, Cheech and Chong unwittingly agree to drive a very unique car across

R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Lou Adler , Tommy Chong

Written By: Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin

In Theaters: Sep 15, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Nov 21, 2000

Paramount Pictures

Up in Smoke Trailer & Photos

Cast

Cheech Marin
Pedro
Tommy Chong
Man Stoner
Stacy Keach
Sgt. Stedenko
Edie Adams
Mrs. Stoner
Tom Skerritt
Strawberry
Strother Martin
Mr. Stoner
Zane Buzby
Jade East
Anne Wharton
Debbie
Louisa Moritz
Officer Gloria
June Fairchild
Ajax Sniffer
Val Avery
Upholstery Factory Boss
Rick Beckner
Murphy
Berlin Brats
The Dills
Angelina Estrada
Aunt Bolita
Harold Fong
Chauffeur
Donald Hotton
Bailiff
Jon Ian Jacobs
Prosecuting Attorney
Karl Johnson
Clyde
Christopher Joy
Curtis
Betty McGuire
Sister Mary Quacker
Cheryl Smith
Laughing Lady
Ray Vitte
James
Mills Watson
Harry
The Whores
Arthur Roberts
Arresting Officer
Rodney Bingenheimer
Himself
Ernie Fuentes
Upholstery Shop Foreman
Ruben Guevara
Tom
Gary Mule Deer
Freak with Basketball
Jose Pulido
Juan
Marcia Wolf
Sister Mary Vogue
Benny Marino
Benny
Michael Caldwell
Duane

Critic Reviews for Up in Smoke

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (11) | DVD (13)

What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.

May 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.

May 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, Up in Smoke provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded.

May 7, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

This Cheech and Chong weed comedy was dismissed by most critics (and parents) but it was embraced by young viewers and launched the subgenre of "stoner" comedies way before Linklater made Slacker.

April 12, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Whether or not this stoner classic is as funny as you remember, this edition is a munchies-included keeper for C&C fans.

September 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

As far as comedic ingredients go, weed is not so much a surefire laugh-getter as it is a free-floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications.

September 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Cheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Up in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie.

September 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

one joke stretched too far

November 8, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

A cult drug movie that lacks decent acting, script or direction.

July 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

The boys first, and still their best, foray into cinematic stonededness.

July 25, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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Audience Reviews for Up in Smoke

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First twenty minutes are fun, it quickly goes down hill from there.

May 6, 2007

Ken Stachnik

Super Reviewer

The last time I saw this movie I was 10 and didn't get it. Today it still holds up as a funny movie that makes me miss my family in California.

May 28, 2006

James Alvarez

Super Reviewer

Up in Smoke Quotes

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1. Sgt. Stedenko: [to his assistant after the man shot out their own car tire] You are a stupid, stupid man.
– Submitted by Don B (5 months ago)
1. Man Stoner: Hey, hey don't take those, man.
2. Pedro: ...Wha?
3. Man Stoner: I almost gave you the wrong shit, man.
4. Pedro: Hey, man, I already took 'em, man.
5. Man Stoner: [laughing in astonishment] Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
6. Pedro: Hey, whaddaya mean 'ho ho ho ho ho?'
7. Man Stoner: Oh... HU-WOW, MAN!
8. Pedro: Hey, what was in that shit, man?
9. Man Stoner: You just did the most acid I've ever seen anybody eat in my life!
– Submitted by Sam B (7 months ago)

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