. . . a film that is intended for the younger audience that finds the plethora of potty humor, fart jokes, marijuana jokes, and racial humor the best comedy money can buy.
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First of all, let me just say that the following review is in no way intended to offend the youth of America and in no way intended to stereotype or label teens and young adults. I will say that "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle" is a film that is intended for the younger audience that finds the plethora of potty humor, fart jokes, marijuana jokes, and racial humor the best comedy money can buy. There was a time, even in my youth, that I would have found this film to be hilarious and may have even thought of it as one of the best comedies of all time. Unfortunately, I had to grow up and now I find this style of comedy redundant and, worst of all, lacking originality.
It was a funny thing as I was watching this film, I couldn´t help but think why it was not called "Dude Where´s My Car 2." Strange as it seemed, I did a little research and found that the director of the film, Danny Leiner, also directed "Dude Where´s My Car." I can only guess that Mr. Leiner has no intention of expanding his directing talents into other avenues. Instead of doing anything original, he decides to pollute our youth with vulgar, drug-induced humor that can only be understood if you are on drugs. Well, as I mentioned, there was a time I would have bought into this humor, but it does little for me now because so much of it lacks any class.
"Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle" sums its plot up in the title of the film. It is simply about two roommates, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), who spend a night getting high on weed, get the munchies, and have a crazy notion to go find a White Castle hamburger restaurant. Along the way, they run into a slew of misguided and unfortunate events that find them in the most ridiculous situations. In one scene, you have two English girls having a fart-battle in a girls´ bathroom. In another scene, you watch Kumar in a dream sequence chasing more pot-bags around than a Cheech and Chong film. Then there are scenes of racial humor that leave no one untouched. Whether you are black, Asian, Eastern Indian, white-trash, or a pot-smoking hippie there´s bound to be a joke about your kind. And beware to those who find this kind of humor offensive because there´s plenty of it. Most of it is stereotyped yet subtle, but there are a few moments when you think to yourself, "That´s just wrong!"
There were some instances that did make me laugh out loud, and I will give credit where credit is due for those brief moments. However, most of the humor is so commonplace that it did very little to enlighten the comical side of me. Most of the situations and scenes are meant to be funny, and granted some of them are, but many of them have been overplayed and overdone in other films of the same genre. Fact is, if you have seen "Dude Where´s My Car," then you have seen "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle."
Funny that I mention Leiner´s previous film because there is a scene where the title of his previous masterpiece is used. Along the way, Harold and Kumar give Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D.) a ride to who-knows-where. Neil wants nothing to do with Harold and Kumar´s journey to White Castle and is bent on finding women to have sex with. The boys end up stopping at a convenience store and leave Neil in the back seat of Harold´s car. Neil ends up stealing Harold´s car in an attempt to find naked women. As Harold and Kumar watch their transportation drive away in the parking lot, what´s the first line to come out of Harold´s mouth? "Dude...where´s my car?" Well, as I said, the movie does lack originality.
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