dir. Danny Leiner
cast. John Cho, Kal Penn
year. 2004
country. USA
run-time. 90min
rating. 15
£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)
Doors 6.30PM
Film 7PM
A comedy about the search for elusive cheeseburgers, Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies takes the Cheech and Chong stoner-buddy dynamic and puts it into the one-wild-and-crazy-night model, taking our heroes on a quest that inspired two sequels. A surprise hit in 2004, Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies is still potent, high-grade comedy.
Screening as part of the BFI's nationwide Comedy Genius project.
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“A far-fetched comic fantasy... a delightful surprise”
“A crafty spoof on issues from racial politics to American highway monoculture”
“Wherever there is idiocy on the part of authority, there you shall find Harold and Kumar... the most keen-eyed and satirical of all the pothead duos”
“A candid portrait of the insanity of American society – disguised as a slapstick romp about two men on a quest for the right burger”
“Immortal”
“An improbably inspiring tribute to friendship, spontaneity, racial tolerance, and the problem-solving properties of weed”