Tied together by a performance from Franco that has the misfortune of being familiar and human in the middle of a lot of low-aspiring blarney.
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08/23/08
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Pineapple Express (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 156 Fresh: 106 Rotten:50 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
Both funny and scatter shot, this loose-knit action/buddy/stoner comedy bridges genres and keeps a steady tempo of low ball laughs.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 6, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $73,780,191
Synopsis: While it might sound outlandish to speak of THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS in the same sentence as CITIZEN KANE, in its own little neck of the cinematic woods the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen comedy is perhaps just as groundbreaking. In fact, it's nearly impossible to think of another film that blends so... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Amber Heard, Danny McBride, Gary Cole
Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriter: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Producer: Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Screenwriter: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Producer: Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Reviews
Despite the "smoking pot" refrain, PE finds a way to charm. These guys really seem to enjoy each others' company and are happy to welcome you into their little group.
08/17/08
... if you are going to have a couple of dumb asses running around like total idiots, you could do a lot worse than Rogen and Franco.
08/15/08
The guns-blazing, body-count-mounting final act is a wasted opportunity -- and not in a good wasted way.
08/14/08
Long on concept and short on most everything else except kinetic energy.
08/13/08
Think of it as Lethal Weapon if Martin Riggs dealt pot from their dingy apartment instead of working for the LAPD.
08/13/08
A stoner comedy, an action comedy, an action thriller, a typical Apatovian man-boy opus or a male-bonding romance. The problem is it's not very good at any of these things.
08/13/08
Produced by Judd Apatow and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Pineapple Express serves up a combination of The Big Lebowski, True Romance, and Hot Fuzz.
08/12/08
Never makes more than a surface impression, albeit a fitfully amusing one.
08/12/08
Pineapple Express is a mess, but a wonderful one. It's not the ultimate movie about pot that I was expecting, instead it's a great ordinary-man action movie.
08/12/08
Watching Pineapple Express is like sitting dead sober in a room with a bunch of stoned people who are laughing uproariously. They’re having a great time. You’re not.
08/11/08
Top Critic
I can live without the drug murders and chases, but sitting around over breakfast with some new friends makes for a primo comedy, and another crowd-friendly hit for Judd Apatow.
08/10/08
An odd but intermittently pleasing experiment that might lose stoners with its gore and action fans with its glazed, circular weed chat.
08/10/08
The bromance genre is alive and well and it just gave me a pickle craving.
08/09/08
There's a lot less time available to get high than just laying low, for this chemically disoriented pair. Pineapple Express, a mixed bag of assorted fruits and nuts, with doper loons on the lam waiting to inhale.
08/09/08
Sidesplitting, high attrition-rate, S&M slapstick where you get to savor the sight of characters getting tortured to death about five times each, if that's your bag of grass.
08/09/08
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