How High

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Summary: Poor Man's Cheech & Chong at best
Review: I saw a review calling this a poor man's Cheech and Chong, and I have to aggree for the most part. Fans will appreciate the soundtrack, but in the comedy realm, How High certainly doesn't stack up to its collegiate comedy peers like Road Trip and American Pie 2.

Let me compare it to something similar. Half-Baked was not a good movie. It did have Dave Chappelle, though, and it had some pretty funny parts. It was probably worth the price of admission just to see the Sampson music video. Anyway, Half-Baked was a movie about a pothead who gets the girl in the end. It was a low-budget movie with mediocre production, but it had funny parts and an actual storyline. How High is also a movie about a pothead who gets the girl in the end. It had a decent budget and some legitimate names producing it, but that couldn't save a story where every element of plot and humor was either laboriously contrived or else predictable enough to see coming ten minutes ahead. The most interesting part of How High is the cinematography and camera angles, if you overlook the fact that the actual location they were filming wasn't anywhere near Harvard. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, though, and it seems extremely odd that this movie obviously doesn't take place in New England and that there is a hot black girl (Essence Atkins) with an attitude strutting around campus with the Secret Service because she's supposed to be the Vice President's daughter.

By the time you're five minutes into How High, you've got the idea that every white guy is an imbecile and every black guy is an urban Einstein. The crackhead in the opening scene is a white hippie. The Black History professior is a [not very bright] cracker. The main girl's obnoxious jerk of a white boyfriend Bart might as well just be referred to as "The Man." It's not particularly offensive, it just makes things even more predictable when the whitest good-guy in the film is played by Hector Elizondo, a Spanish guy from Harlem.

The part that keeps you guessing is trying to figure out just who the main characters are. Is Redman supposed to be a main character? He certainly doesn't contribute to the plot. He is just interjected into the storyline when Method Man sees him in a parking lot and they decide to smoke up in his car. Is Method Man supposed to be a genius? He seems to know everything, and takes a break from his gangsta slang to correct white people on their grammar, but if he's so smart, why did he have to cheat to get into Harvard, and why does he have to cheat on every test he takes once there?

The main character is a drug dealer. Method Man and Redman meet in a car billowing with pot smoke. They need weed to wake up. They need weed before tests.

It gets better near the end, and there are actually some funny parts. You get to see them dig up the body of John Quincy Adams and drag it to their dorm to grind up in a blender and smoke. Lauren discovers the world's first bong invented by Ben Franklin. The movie closes with Lauren telling her boyfriend that he never satisfied her, then Method Man looks at the camera and says, "But I can." It's the type of thing that worked for Burt Reynolds in 1977, but seems a bit lame in 2001 movie.

One good thing I can say is that a lot of effort was put into the subtitles for the hearing impaired. They're put on different areas of the screen depending on who's talking, and even included all the lyrics for the songs.

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Summary: Funk Doc & Johnny Blaze (A.K.A. Cheech and Chong 2000)
Review: Method Man and Redman show strong comic sensibilities and timing in their debut, How High. The story is funny enough, two bud loving slackers are forced to take the THC exam by their parents. Before the exam, Meth's friend dies and he grinds up his ashes and plants them with high powered cess. The result is that when Meth and Doc blaze before the test, it brings Meth's departed friend Whitey back as a ghost. He's real smart and helps Meth and Doc to ace their tests. The path eventually leads to Harvard and you can pretty much guess what happens from there. I was really surprised at how funny this movie really was and both of these guys have the potential to make some more real funny films, I just hope they do. Mike Epps has the funniest role in the film as a small time pimp whose obsessed with baby powder. The end starts to get a bit crazy(ala Animal House) but this is definitely worth a watch. Recommended.

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Summary: How High?
Review: How High was very exciting when i first watched it i thought it was funny and couldn't stop laughing but then when this guy fell out the window and got hit by a bus i thought whole that's not even funny. For some reason that was one of my favs.

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Summary: I wish I could give Higher stars
Review: I saw in the movies with my best friend and we thought we were gonna die laughing. This movie is hella funny, Red and Meth are awesome. all of those people who say this movie is bad are probably old geezers who are mad that they are not young enough to have like us teenagers and what not.
The plot of two stoners getting into harvard is quite ingenious in this sensitive comedy. Watch this movie with the parents due to the low ratio of swear words, and there is barely any smoking or drug abuse-THATS UNHEARD OF IN THIS MOVIE!!! Hey you might even learn something because they are going to Harvard and learning too!
Highly recommend to buy this movie about two low class but well brought up boys finally achieving their goal of going to an ivy league school, you might cry you will feel such joy for these two excellent role models.

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Summary: overrated
Review: i chuckeled once or twice and it wasn't even because of red or meth. this movie is not funny but many people seemed to enjoy it. i got a feeling if it had been two nobody's in this movie people would have paid it no attention.

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Summary: Offensive but enjoyable and funny
Review: The acting debut of Meth and Red together and it remains to be funny. This movie is very funny, offensive and has a funny cast. If you liked Friday or Don't be a menace, ou'll love this.

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Summary: Read this
Review: I loved this movie. How can you guys say that it wasnt good. Obviously you guys dont know a good movie when you see one. This movie is entertaining and its good for the whole family.

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Summary: really stupid
Review: What is this garbage. Go get cheech and chong. There just ripping them off. They were funny

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Summary: Ehh... its ok
Review: This movie was ok. I thought it would be funnier but I guess I expected a little to much. Definatly not as good as Half Baked. This movie was kinda hard to follow and it didnt make much sense but it had a few funny parts in it. If you are lookin for a classic funny stoner comedy, watch Half Baked.

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Summary: tell me
Review: A bang of a movie. So far the best gangsta comedy there is. Althrough I don't get one thing. What is the name or the author of the song where he was trying to wake him up? You know with the weed and the huge speacker... If you know please e-mail me at [e-mail]