Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Time Out says
I’ll come clean – this stoner comedy is one of the funniest films I’ve
seen since ‘There’s Something About Mary’. Harold (John Cho) is an
efficient Korean-born finance rep who’s often left to pick up the
pieces of his xenophobic, work-shy colleagues; his best mate, Kumar
(Kal Penn), a promising Indian medical student constantly ribbed by the
local dunderhead gang, is supposed to be readying himself for a series
of career interviews but, quite frankly, he’d rather just get stoned.
And what pleases Kumar pleases Harold. During a toking session, the
pair spy a TV ad for a well-known US fast-food joint that spurs them
into an overnight burger quest that proceeds to spiral ridiculously,
and hilariously, out of control. The film comes with at least
half-a-dozen side-splitting scenes, yet behind all the Farrelly-esque
gross-out humour and Cheech & Chong-isms lies a sensitive little
picture with a deftly handled anti-racism slant. Credit too to the
congenial leads (especially Penn), who have their indomitable
characters down to a T.
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Cast and crew
Director:
Danny Leiner
Screenwriter:
Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Cast:
John Cho
Kal Penn
Paula Garcés
Neil Patrick Harris
David Krumholtz
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Christopher Meloni
Ryan Reynolds
Fred Willard
Ethan Embry
Malin Akerman
Jordan Prentice
Kal Penn
Paula Garcés
Neil Patrick Harris
David Krumholtz
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Christopher Meloni
Ryan Reynolds
Fred Willard
Ethan Embry
Malin Akerman
Jordan Prentice