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Features: Unrated
For harry and lloyd, every day is a no-brainer. Join these twohalfwits as they travel across the country to return a suitcasefull of cash to its rightful owner. Along the way, they'llconfound and confuse everyone who crosses their path.
"A peppy, satisfying comedy that could soon become a minor classic." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"The most gut-bustingly funny movie so far this year." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"Will seem a classic if you're stoned, and only slightly less funny if you're straight." Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | DVD Quality Picture | | Full Length Movie | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner Home Video |
| Release Date: 1/3/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 10024 | | UPC: 00794043100246 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | John Choo | | Kal Penn | | Neil Patrick Harris | | Paul Garces | | Bruce Douglas Johnson - Cinematographer | | Danny Leiner - Director | | Ira Hearshen, et. al. - Original Music By | | Jeff Betancourt - Editor | | Joe Drake, et. al. - Executive Producer | | Jon Hurwitz, et. al. - Writer | | Nathan Kahane, et. al. - Producer | | Steve Rosenzweig - Production Designer |
| Awards |
MTV Award (2005) | | | John Choo & Kal Penn, Nominee, Best Musical Performance | | | John Choo & Kal Penn, Nominee, Best On-Screen Team |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"They're witty, focused, and highly aware. They make having a brain look hip." 08/06/2004 p.60Uncut
"[T]he classic inebriated double-act gimmick is smartly updated....Sublime." 10/01/2004 p.148 Los Angeles Times
"John Cho and Kal Penn play off each other with the timing of a veteran comedy team..." 07/30/2004 p.E6 Sight and Sound
"For fans of stoner cinema....Harold and Kumar's escapades could be among the most intoxicatingly pleasurable since Cheech and Chong went UP IN SMOKE. The film's narrative has an appealing looseness..." 12/01/2004 p.50-1 Chicago Sun-Times
"Funny, oddball, goofy, affectionate." 12/31/2004 p.13 Rolling Stone
"A multilayered goof on ethnic stereotypes..." 01/27/2005 p.66 San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, from Dude director Danny Leiner, has enough laughs and misadventures to satisfy its built-in audience, but it won't win any converts. Apart from the welcome casting of two talented young Asian American actors (John Cho and Kal Penn) as leads instead of sidekicks, Harold is pretty standard stuff, mixing a few truly clever moments with facile drug humor and throwaway female characters. - Carla Meyer
LA Weekly 8 of 10
Smart, goofy and endearing, Cho and Penn make a terrific team, and the fact that they're starring in their own movie suggests that, in the Hollywood comedy frat house, there's finally room for everyone. - Chuck Wilson
Entertainment Weekly 8 of 10
Harold and Kumar share a quality the overgrown adolescents in films like this are never allowed to possess: They're witty, focused, and highly aware. They make having a brain look hip. - Owen Gleiberman
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