Joint Review of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle: An Amusing, Bleary-eyed Comedy Romp

For those of you who have been fiending for the next Cheech & Chong movie, this will certainly tide you over.  Harold, an Asian investment banker, and Kumar, an Indian student who aced his MCAT, are twenty-something stoners, who over the course of one evening go on an odyssey for the nearest White Castle to satisfy their munchies.  

This film is packed with sex, drugs and gross-out humor.  The story jumps around like a cartoon plot, going for jokes and throwing logic out the window.  The main characters are interesting and it was a nice change of pace to see two minorities as the leads.  I thought it was funny and had enough laughs to keep me entertained in a large group of people.  I doubt I would have liked it if I had watched it by myself and I don't plan on seeing it again.  I will not be buying the DVD no matter how may extras of sex, drugs and gross-out humor they add to the unrated version.  If this film makes money, as I think it will, expect further adventures.

I saw a preview of the film and New Line better start keep better track of their employees.  There was a very rude girl who kept shrieking at everyone who thought about sitting in the empty reserved row when there was only five minutes before the film started.  She needed to get high and mellow out, but the audience did have a few stoners in it, and I’m not talking about the Asian chick in the row behind us, who in a very loud voice discussed almost having sex in an alley with a guy in Santa Barbara.  She went on to explain that the condom broke before they joined, so she ran off, leaving the guy with his underwear around his ankles.  No, I’m talking about the couple sitting next to me who brought spreadable cheese and crackers.  I know you’re thinking, what’s wrong with snacks.  But that’s not where it ended.  The guy went to the concessions stand to grab mustard and relish packets and spruced up the appetizers.