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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

R 88 minutes EN Comedy , Adventure

Fast food. High times.

Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.

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John Cho

Harold Lee

Kal Penn

Kumar Patel

Paula Garcés

Maria

Neil Patrick Harris

David Krumholtz

Seth Goldstein

Malin Åkerman

Liane

Kate Kelton

Christy

Brooke D'Orsay

Clarissa

Steve Braun

Cole

Fred Willard

Dr. Willoughby

Rob Tinkler

J.D.

Bobby Lee

Kenneth Park

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Production crew

Jeff Betancourt

Editor

Bruce Douglas Johnson

Director of Photography

David Kitay

Original Music Composer

Steve Rosenzweig

Production Design

Bob Sher

Art Direction

Danny Leiner

Director

David Brewington

Executive Producer

Luke Ryan

Executive Producer

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NPH's Love Stains

Cravin' White Castle

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NPH's Love Stains

Cravin' White Castle

The most positive review

Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
I'm not a fan of drug humor, "because he's HIGH" isn't a good enough joke to me, but this felt like a spiritual successor to "Dumb and Dumber" (another movie that is funny, but I'm not a huge fan of).
John Cho and Kal Penn work amazingly together, so much so that I'm honestly surprised there isn't a web series of "Harold and Kumar" skits (and if there are, then happy day) trying to wring blood from stone.
The story has a great structure: a clear antagonist, clear love interest, a goal, plenty of adversity, and lots of quality character interaction.
The problem with the content is that it's a series of ever increasing ridiculous events. The continuity suffers a bit, but its done so well that it feels seemless in the moment.
The comedy writing is good enough that it holds up over 16 years, the majority of which is really funny. It's not so funny that this is an amazing movie, but it definitely makes it work a watch.

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Production companies: New Line Cinema, Senator International, Kingsgate Films, Endgame Entertainment

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $9,000,000

Revenue: $23,936,908

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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