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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.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

US 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... 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 is now working at a cubicle, where he is abused by other workers and forced to do their jobs for them. Kumar (Kal Penn) is expected to go to medical school to follow in the footsteps of his father and brother, but he'd rather spend his time partying. The entire film takes place in one night, as wild Kumar is determined to get a sack of burgers at White Castle, even though his more staid roommate would prefer to stay home and finish a project for his officemates. While Kumar seeks fun and adventure, lusting after nearly every woman he meets, Harold dreams only of Maria (Paula Garces), the woman down the hall whom he likes but is too afraid to talk to. Harold & Kumar's excellent adventure includes an outrageous bathroom scene in a college; a cop who takes his job way too seriously; a group of extreme, rad dudes who harass Harold, Kumar, and a convenience store manager; LAW & ORDER: SVU's Chris Meloni as an incredibly disgusting possible psycho; and Neil Patrick Harris playing himself, making fun of his Doogie Howser image. In addition to plenty of raunchy--and very funny--references to sex, drugs, and rock & roll, Leiner also takes on stereotypes and the meaning of love. [More]

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Malin Akerman

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Malin Akerman, David Krumholtz, Paula Garces, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Siu Ta, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Christopher Meloni, Gary Anthony Williams, Bobbi Lee, Fred Willard, Steve Braun, Ethan Embry, Luis Guzman, Jamie Kennedy

Director: Danny Leiner

Director: Danny Leiner
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Producer: Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane
Composer: David Kitay
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is the latest multicultural variant of the lowbrow buddy comedy in which the heroes just want to get high and laid.

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10/10/04
Alan Dale
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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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/30/04
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Features quite possibly the worst, most unfunny scene of the 2004 film year.

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08/16/04
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

Has enough laughs and misadventures to satisfy its built-in audience, but it won't win any converts.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/30/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle

A laugh-out-loud if not-exactly-good stoner comedy.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
07/29/04
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

In those rare instances when it's not being a dumb comedy, Harold and Kumar is a rather crafty satire of racial stereotypes (which, it must be said, traffics in a few stereotypes of its own).

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/29/04
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News

Repeatedly, as per road-movie formula, Harold and Kumar come to expect sex and/or druggy delirium, only to be disappointed.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
07/31/04
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
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This is Dude, Where's My Script?

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07/30/04
David Elliott
David Elliott
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08/07/04
David Germain
David Germain
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

...the movie has delivery that often overshadows the punch lines, and it's not very accessible.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
08/01/04
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

The multicultural cast gives a shred of substance to what's otherwise a standard adolescent gross-out flick.

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07/29/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

A thin setup followed by thinner jokes.

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01/08/05
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

A thin setup followed by thinner jokes.

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01/08/05
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

A little more disturbing than it intends to be, and in the amateurish hands of director Danny Leiner (Dude, Where's My Car) not as funny as it might have been.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
07/30/04
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

The laugh ratio in this run-on of skits is pretty low, at least to the unaltered mind of one who's seen enough of these films and eaten enough White Castle burgers to last a lifetime.

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07/30/04
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Harold and Kumar just need to go, period!

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07/29/04
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