- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 88 min
- Genre: Adventure, Comedy
- Starring: John Cho, Ethan Embry, Robert Tinkler, Fred Willard ... see all
- Director: Danny Leiner
- Plot: Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who end up getting the munchies. What they crave the most after seeing a TV advertisement
User Reviews
Hilarious Stoner Comedy...Everything "Dude Where's My Car" should have been
Sep 09, 2004
CurtMan - imdb.com
Sep 09, 2004CurtMan - imdb.com
"Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle" is an amusing, hilarious comedy not to be taken too seriously and not to be dismissed as just another silly stoner comedy. Certainly there are plenty of elements which appeal to those dophamine,... Full review
Haven't laughed so hard since Something About Mary!
Aug 11, 2004
EmmaNemms - imdb.com
Aug 11, 2004EmmaNemms - imdb.com
We stuck our heads in this movie because we had 15 minutes to kill before our movie started ("Collateral"). Surprise of surprises, we were glued to our seats and didn't want to leave! We're NOT 20-somethings or even 30-somethings, yet... Full review
Hilarious- simply brilliant
Aug 10, 2004
linax1 - imdb.com
Aug 10, 2004linax1 - imdb.com
OK, maybe I "got" this movie because I'm a recent graduate of an ivy-league school (and I can relate to Harold and Kumar, and know about 200 people like them), but I didn't stop laughing. And I'm not a person... Full review
It's all about the Journey...
Aug 08, 2004
jon.h.ochiai - imdb.com
Aug 08, 2004jon.h.ochiai - imdb.com
With the title "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle", how can one not see this movie? Well, one could, and would be missing a very funny movie. H&R is genius creative marketing, and the director Danny Leiner's movie is... Full review
Jim Blesener and Cat Stevens Go to Black Shack
Jul 31, 2004
MaxZorin - imdb.com
Jul 31, 2004MaxZorin - imdb.com
I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in a long time. Being a fan of White Castle and the talents of John Cho and Kal Penn, this movie was a sure fire hit. Normally I would think a script... Full review
Unbelievably funny - The smartest 'dumb' movie I've seen in years
Jul 31, 2004
filmbuffette - imdb.com
Jul 31, 2004filmbuffette - imdb.com
The movie is absolutely hilarious. It's light years beyond Dude Where's My Car?, or for that matter any stoner/dumbass flick I've seen in years. This will be a cult comedy classic, one you watch ten times till you know all... Full review
Too Good To Miss!
Jul 31, 2004
monicabingfallon - imdb.com
Jul 31, 2004monicabingfallon - imdb.com
When my best friend said that she was going to go see this movie, I said I wanted to come, not even knowing what the movie was about, but just so I could have a good time (and because I... Full review
Funniest movie I have ever seen.
Jul 30, 2004
Rishi Raval - imdb.com
Jul 30, 2004Rishi Raval - imdb.com
It is no exaggeration or flattery when I say this movie is the funniest movie I have ever seen. I haven't laughed so much at a movie since.... never, seeing how this is the funniest movie I have ever seen.... Full review
If stoner comedy has a place in the satire canon, this is one of the best.
Jul 30, 2004
John DeSando - imdb.com
Jul 30, 2004John DeSando - imdb.com
If two chicks sitting in stalls playing 'Battleshits' while the two Indian and Asian 'heroes' hide between them suffering the sounds and smells of scatological low humor sounds funny to you, then you should consider seeing 'Harold and Kumar Go... Full review
A Hilarious Social Satire disguised as a drug-sex romp
Jul 24, 2004
willden21 - imdb.com
Jul 24, 2004willden21 - imdb.com
Yes this film is rude, crude, over the top, full of choppy editing (probably to ensure an R not NC-17)and sometimes cliché', but it works. Yes there is plenty of Drug Humor and sex humor, but the funniest stuff is... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 04, 2008Urban Cinefile
Harold and flatmate, Kumar, played with winning zaniness by Kal Penn, can now head off on a road trip of lust and laughs as we ponder how Harold will eventually end up in the arms of the nice girl back in the apartment.
Getting stoned and attempting to get laid become mere detours, excuses for the film to show its self-awareness by creating a cast comprising racial stereotypes-with-a-twist and a narrative that distorts cult movie cliches into episodes of our high heroes' odyssey.
... Full Review
| Jul 29, 2008DVD Talk
While Oscar Wilde has nothing to worry about in terms of loosing his position as a great master of sophisticated comedy, there is something to be said for the improbably funny Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle .
While the situations are amusing, it's the dialog that really makes this film as funny as it is.
... Full Review
| May 13, 2008PopMatters
Anderson is well known for comedy in films like "Kangaroo Jack" and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," and he says that comedy is easy for him.
You can't sit there, it's no good.
You really have to try to feel why they're bad or mean or cruel.
... Full Review
| Apr 25, 2008Salon
Part of the appeal of "White Castle" was that, instead of being just another stoner comedy (albeit a pretty funny one), it acknowledged the reality of racial diversity in this country without pontificating about it, à la "Crash" : Its protagonists, the Harold and Kumar of the title (played by John Cho and Kal Penn), were, respectively, an overachiever and a future med student trying to put off overachievement as long as possible. ... Full Review
| Apr 25, 2008PopMatters
And then, just as it looks like the sequel is going to be a series of recycled images from the 2004's Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle , Kumar (Kal Penn) makes his intrusive entrance-he's on the toilet, his bowel movements loud and horrific.
Or more precisely, "plot," scare quotes indicating that, as before, the adventures of Harold and Kumar are essentially an illogical, sometimes funny, and most often dead-on tour of U.S. race relations.
... Full Review
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