Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Psychos, On The Road, Buddies, Love, Police, Doctor, School / Campus, Infidelity
Tagline: Fast Food. High Times.
Plot: Harold Lee (John Cho) is stuck in a low-level investment banking job, overworked and definitely under-appreciated by his colleagues, who aren’t shy about handing off their own work for him to finish over the weekend. To make matters worse, he can’t find the courage to talk to his pretty neighbor (Paula Garces) from down the hall at home.While Harold toils away, his best friend, Kumar Patel (Kal Penn), is doing everything he can to avoid the real world, valiantly upholding his carefree partying ways while making half-hearted attempts to gain admittance to medical school and follow in his family’s footsteps. Seeking a break from their realities, these two likeable underdogs unwind in front of their TV for a Friday night smoke-out session, which results in an incredible case of the “munchies.” Catching sight of a commercial for White Castle and their mouthwatering hamburgers, Harold and Kumar discover their true mission in life (or at least their mission for this one Friday night) – they must set out on an unbelievable all-night quest across their home state of New Jersey in search of a White Castle restaurant to satisfy their cravings. What follows is a comic roller-coaster ride that takes the duo on a twisted tour of the Garden State – from its finest academic institutions to
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 There have been better stoner comedies in the last ten years, but when "Harold and Kumar" decides to get weird and funky, the laughs do follow. But that's a rare occasion for this unevenly performed comedy, which features quite possibly the worst, most unfunny scene of the 2004 film year. C--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
‘Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle’ is one very funny motion picture. By overcoming its genre conventions and offering a pair of likable protagonists portrayed by inspired performers, it has moved to the forefront of comedic entertainment thus far thissummer.  --Joe Rickey (Movie-Gurus.com)
Harold and Kumar is what it is, a fun, refreshing movie that says something important. 7/10--Aaron West (Movie-Vault.com)
While there is a predictability to it all, where Harold and Kumar scores points is in the delivery, which is sometimes so outlandishly random, you can't help but smile. It's one of the most audience interactive films you're likely to see this year, as you'll laugh, cheer, wince, and retch from beginning to end.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for our times. --Blake Snyder (MovieWeb)
Harold & Kumar is hardly thought-provoking – let’s not confuse this cinematic overture with a breezy read through Pride and Prejudice – but Leiner’s road trip through the Garden State is a wild jaunt, a toilet-humor comedy filled with surprising twists and turns that offers serious laugh-out-loud value.  --J.P. Mangalindan (MovieWeb)
The gross-out gags simply serve as cheap-shots at the human anatomy, not quirky bits of hilarity. Everyone seems to be comparing this to American Pie, which makes me appreciate the 1999 work a lot more.  --Danny Baldwin (BucketReviews.com)
"Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" is a stoner comedy in the grand tradition of, um, "Dude, Where's My Car?," only funnier and snappier. I will tell you without compunction that I laughed many times during the film, and I will add that 90 percent of those laughs were at things I cannot repeat here. B---Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
Most importantly, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is embarrassingly entertaining and made me laugh loud and often as much if not more than any other movie I've seen this year.  --Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
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Danny Leiner
Dude, Where's My Car?, The Great New Wonderful, The Architect |
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Jon Hurwitz
Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam, All You Can Eat | |
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 | Fred Willard
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, American Wedding, Date Movie |
 | Ethan Embry
That Thing You Do!, Sweet Home Alabama, Empire Records |
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| Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle is, at turns, a raucously adolescent pursuit of hedonistic pleasures as well as a brilliantly acerbic satire on the state of race relations and an entire generation and race’s sense of entitlement in contemporary America. It is also, at turns, one helluva mess and one helluva of a funny movie. 79/100 --Dan Jardine (Apollo Guide)
If you've been too stoned over the last 25 years to go to a movie, Danny Leiner's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" genially recaps the clichés of the stoner-comedy genre for you.  --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
If you enjoyed DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR, chances are dandy that you're likely to appreciate many of the similar stoner shenanigans in director Danny Leiner's follow-up to the surprise hit, with a couple of goofy, amiable dudes who like to get high starring in a series of misadventures, all of which add up to nothing in terms of plot, but plenty in terms of entertainment value, laughs and fun. 7/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
Asian-American guys, a sta ple in teen comedies since the '80s, finally take center stage in the landmark "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" — which also happens to be the most gut-bustingly funny movie so far this year.  --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is a disaster-prone, buzz-filled trip worth taking for those turned on by knowingly ribald entertainments. Its unforced mixture of the crass with the sweet may not be the likeliest of combinations, but it is a decidedly beguiling one, all the same.  --Dustin Putman (The Movie Insider)
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