102 min.
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Dir. Jon Hurwitz
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Rated R
I, like many people, enjoyed 2004's
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. It was dopey and weird and fun. And so I had high hopes (well, let's be honest—
medium hopes) about its sequel,
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. It seemed ballsy to get so politically topical in a movie about weed and farts. And irreverent social satire is sort of the thing these days. Also, I am generally a fan of jackassy jokes and, I don't know, all that stuff that
dudes like.
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay made me laugh a few times. Those times are entirely thanks to the comic charisma of Kal Penn and (especially) John Cho, and mostly consist of throwaway lines like "WHAT THE FUCK!?" and "FUCK YOU!" As for everything else—the smart jokes are too stupid and the gross jokes are too gross and the diarrhea is too loud and the forced blowjobs at Gitmo are just lazy.
By Lindy West
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