We all know how much I love Judd Apatow, and this movie did everything to satiate my hunger for humor. Another one written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, but surprisingly different than Superbad.
We have (barely) graduated high school with this one so the humor was taken out of the sex ed classroom and focused soley on the chronic and stoner mileu. I have missed James Franco from the Apatow circle of friends. He seriously could have walked out of my apartment building and/or high school. He is the guy that you know is good-looking and super nice, but is frustratingly disguised by his uncut hair, musty clothes and just-got-lit eyes and smile. Casting perfection.
This movie had innumerable pop culture references, with one of my favorite being the Judd Nelson shout-out by Red..."I'm going for a scholarship..." Speaking of Red, relative newcomer Danny McBride was spot-on for the friendly, Southern weed middleman. He blended with Seth and James flawlessly and helped create what will be a great trio in pop culture history. Some of the best scenes were ones where they were "fighting" with Gary Cole and company and just tried to do moves they would have seen in a movie or TV show.
I highly recommend this one to anyone with a sense of humor and have ever known anyone who was an adorable pot-head...which I am pretty sure is 97% of the population.
8.5/10
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