Regie:
Danny LeinerCamera:
Bruce Douglas JohnsonMuziek:
David KitayActeurs:
John Cho, Kal Penn, Fred Willard, Dov Tiefenbach, Christopher Meloni, Malin Åkerman, Gary Anthony Williams, Ethan Embry, Luis Guzmán, Neil Patrick Harris (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Harold en Kumar zijn twee vrienden en wonen samen op kamers. Na een vermoeiende week werken en een mislukte sollicitatie eindigen de twee op vrijdagavond blowend op de bank. Opeens krijgen ze enorme zin in een hamburger van White Castle. Ze moeten en zullen die avond een hamburger eten van White Castle. Er is alleen één probleem; de hamburgertent is verhuisd en Harold en Kumar weten het niet meer te vinden. Vanaf dan start een grote zoektocht naar White Castle waar ze onderweg hulp krijgen van de meest bizarre figuren. Eén ding is duidelijk: ze moeten hoe dan ook die avond een White Castle hamburger eten. (RCV Film Distribution)
(meer)Recensie (4)
Harold & Kumar is both tolerably stupid and surprisingly intellectually fresh. The “world goes round” idea is a very simplistic worldview, but it’s true at the end of the day. And here the filmmakers succeeded in putting it into a movie about two stoners on their way to a burger joint in a way that doesn’t seem awkward. An unequivocal win!
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Very stoned and incredibly stupid, but still more than tolerable. No one gives a damn and it shows, you won't find a funnier flush of drugged-out jokes anywhere... 65%
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I can't remember the last time I hated myself so much for my review. But what to do with a film whose raw portrayal of the relationship between a young up-and-coming Indo-American man and a six-foot-tall sack of hash brings tears to your eyes over the fact that there are bigger idiots in the world than you. If the movie had an hour more, I'd go for five stars, because by then nothing matters anyway.
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This is one of those movies that you tend to avoid, but you simply have to see it one day. The characters aren't particularly well-developed, but the story is delightfully quirky, with excellent supporting roles and genuinely funny moments. Short, to the point, and entertaining. I didn't expect much and didn't get a completely amazing comedy, but as a stoner comedy, it's still excellent even after ten years and countless similar comedies.
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