Half Baked

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Summary: Marijuana affects your sense of humor.
Review: I will be one of the first to admit that I used to think that this movie was God's gift to me. I fondly remember sitting my my couch with my two best friends, blazing up and laughing at the same scenes we kept rewinding and watching at least 10 times in a row. Of course, after the movie was over, we remembered the most quotable lines:

"They killed Killer, yo!"
"Bitch, you know what I want."
"If you want a heifer with cheese, just turn around and ask me for a heifer with cheese, yo!"
"You walk on two legs, homo erectus. Did I say 'homo'? I didn't mean that!"
"We have to save Kenny's sweet virgin ass!"

Sure, if you're looking for funny lines to quote out of context with bloodshot eyes and a mouth full of Fritos, this is the best movie for you. If you're looking for comedy to enjoy while you're sober, this might not be the best DVD to purchase.

I was severely disheartened when I viewed this movie again. I haven't seen it since Freshman or Sophomore year (around the time when the movie came out in theaters), and back around those times, I had my own Billy Bong Thornton, Wesley Pipes, and if I remember correctly, I even had one named Bowl Cosby. (Weedheads aren't the most creative bunch.) Needless to say, this movie did not pack as much of a comedy punch as it did back in the day. I guess pot comedies are not as funny when you're not on pot.

A little note about the extras on this disc: they suck, blow, and any other euphemism you can think of for the action of fellatio. Different kinds of smokers? I was looking forward to more celebrity cameos, Jon Stewart and Stephen Baldwin being my favorites. What I got were several crudly animated and severely unfunny shorts about what kinds of smokers there are. If I wanted to see bad animation of unfunny material, I'd watch Shorties Watching Shorties, thanks. Granny's Guide To Bakin'? A young woman dressed up as an old woman cooking recipes with slang terms for being high in the titles. While the recipes actually do look legit and maybe even edible, do we really need to watch an old woman smoking up and completely ruining a batch of perfectly good brownies? The cook in me wanted to stick my own head in an oven.

The alternate ending is not funny. The deleted scenes were deleted for all the right reasons. I'm supremely glad that they were not included in the movie, because not only were they stupid and completely not entertaining, they also had nothing to do with the overall plot.

All in all, I am horribly disappointed in this edition. It's not worth any money you spend on it, and you'd be much better off getting the VHS edition than this subpar "Fully Baked" edition.

But then again, if you enjoy this sort of thing, go for it. This is a classic pothead comedy for classicly trained potheads.

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Summary: Put on a smiley face!
Review: I remember when this movie was first advertised. I thought it looked ridiculous and never bothered. Then I caught it on cable and was completely surprised. This movie ranks up there with the best rewatchable comedies of all time like Office Space, Caddyshack and The Big Lebowski. It has great characters, scenes, quotes and cameos. Dave Chapelle is halarious. I highly recommend this "fully baked" DVD to all comedy fans, not just stoners! The new edition features deleted scenes and an alternate ending. It was great to see some of the stuff that they cut out. I wish they would have left the additional Killer footage in. Too funny.

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Summary: absolutely wretched, Chappelle should be ashamed
Review: But hey, he hadn't hit the big time yet so you can't blame him for wanting the paycheck. I saw this movie in the theater when it came out, and utterly despised it. Yeah, there are a few funny antics here and there, and I got a kick out of some of the characters/cameos; the "MacGuyver" guy (reminds me of myself), snoop dogg and others, even the guy on the couch, but that's about it. They're hardly in the movie anyways, and the main players get themselves into simply asinine situations that I had no interest in seeing them out of. Even more sinister are the anti marijuana undertones that I picked up on, and the almost subliminal means in which some were delivered. One good example is a passing reference to reduced sperm count made by the narrator (Chappelle), what other purpose could that be meant to serve? It didn't elicit a chuckle from the audience if that was the intention. If the intention was in fact to subliminally steer people away from pot, I'd say the makers of this horrible waste of film stock failed miserably. Plenty of smokers seem to like it just fine, myself and a few others notwithstanding. Why that is is beyond me.

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Summary: Generic Phrase Stolen From Movie
Review: I did love this movie but when I read the reviews I was horrifed. Can;t anyone think of their own title? Or do all titles have to come from something someone said in the movie. Phrases like, this one's for killa, and samson gets me high, are not original and I am assuming that the people that wrote them aren't original either so learn how to write titles, I know it's hard to think of something yourself but you can do it.

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Summary: Half-baked is truly halfbaked!!
Review: I have seen this movie a number of times. The times that I do watch the movie is on those late night,by myself type of situations where I can sitback and toke on a reefer and laugh out loud at the high jinks of three toked-out reefer smokers. The movie has no substance but it is very funny. I especially liked the flying part the guys go through after smoking the high-grade marijuana that was received from the Drug Lab. Dave Chapelle is not a great actor as he is a stand-up artist and his entoronge of actors are always his best support. The relationship between Chapelle and his girlfriend, Mary Jane was not exploited enough except for the sex part. I guess this is the way white America will always differentiate us Black men as being always sex-hungry.I was so very happy that his girlfriend was actually black and not white. So all in all I think the movie is good and it has its very comical times which is why I watch the movie. Go Dave!! [...]

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Summary: Good
Review: The funny comedy about being baked is not too bad in the beginning, but sort of fades into a dull comedy. Dave Chappelle is a pretty good one in this film, but the directore, whose film Billy Madison also faded into a dull comedy, isn't as prepared as hse thinks she is.

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Summary: One of the Best Dumb Movies Ever
Review: I consider myself a serious movie watcher and am always ready to jump on crap movies Hollywood pumps out (anything with J. Lo, Sandy Bullock, Freddie "I need to be legally banned from making movies" Prinze Jr. or a pop star) but every so often, I will indulge in a dumb movie that doesn't take itself seriously and is just there to have fun.

Half-Baked is one of them. This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and most of the best jokes don't have to do with pot-smoking. It's mostly just about 3 idiots who have to make money to get their other idiot friend out of jail and because they're pot smokers, use pot to do it. The two funniest characters are Dave Chapelle's and the Cuban guy and they also happen to be the least stoned. The movie isn't supposed to make sense, it's not supposed to have a purpose, it's just going to make you laugh. And if you think all the pot humor is low brow and beneath you, then don't watch. Pop in The Big Lebowski (a more refined, adult stoner comedy) or something and revel in your intelligence. As for me, I'm going crack up watching Half-Baked and then probably top it off with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. 90s comedies don't come any better than that.

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Summary: a multi cultural lame attempt at reaching stoned teens
Review: the story is that this kindergarten teacher who is one of those stupider than possible characters gets put in prison for sharing his munchies with a diabetic police horse.so his 3 friends decide to deal marijauna to get him out of prison.only they anger a big shot dealer.he kills thier dog which leads to a unforgettable doggie funeral.one of the dealers has a new flame for a chick whos hates drug users.there are a few cameos in this one.the shrink from natural born killers is the guy on the couch.willie nelson is a buyer who can remember when a dime cost a dime,man.its better than most marijauna laced movies except one glaring exception being up in smoke.that reminds me.chong shows up to.hes in prison and protects the teacher.theres this chick named mary jane that chapelle the racist is hot for.i dont like her.maybe you will.the important message is:ultimately,marijauna is useless!natural born killers is far superior to this.nbk is myfavorite movie of all time.this one didnt make the top 100.

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Summary: Samson Gets Me Lifted
Review: (...)Half Baked is Dave Chappelle's coming out party. This movie is friggin' hilarious. Based around 4 pothead buddies, one of which (Kenny aka Harland Williams) gets thrown in jail for killing a horse leaving Chappelle, Jim Breuer and Guillermo Diaz having to come up with 100 large to free their buddy. So how else would three stoners get the kind of money they need to free their friend? "Let's sell weed yo!" So Chappelle, Diaz and Breuer become "fundraisers" not drug dealers to get their friend away from the "naughty, naughty jungle of love". There are so many funny lines from this movie that I cannot even recall them all but definitely one of the best scenes is when Chappelle dresses up as Mr. Nice Guy and goes to see Sampson. "What part of Jamaica are you from?" Chappelle answers "Right near the beeeech...lord have mercy". Half Baked is pee your pants funny and without a doubt worth owning on dvd. It is one of the funniest movies of the past 15 years. Highest Recommendation. P.S. "Yo they were doin' karate man, they had nun-chucks, they be doin' indian burns man, i'm serious". Enjoy!