Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle Movie Review 2004

Uptight junior banker Harold (Cho) and his laid-back med student pal Kumar (Penn) take the edge of encroaching adulthood by getting high. A lot. One such session produces cravings for White Castle hamburgers and sets the pair on a convoluted quest, despite Harold's need to finish an important work project. The journey is complicated by broken down vehicles, side trips for weed, creepy tow-truck drivers, skateboard punks, over-enthusiastic cops, and a hilariously Ecstacy-fueled Neil Patrick Harris. The pair's odd-couple chemistry helps smooth over the more ridiculous plot twists, and the target audience, properly medicated, should enjoy themselves long after the final credits have rolled.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slob Comedy, Edibles, Road Trip, Buddies, Reefer Madness, New Jersey, Doctors & Nurses, Campus Capers

Screenplay

Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Cast

John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garces, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Fred Willard, Ethan (Randall) Embry, Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Reynolds, Anthony Anderson, Kate Kelton, Brooke D'Orsay

Cinematography

Bruce Douglas Johnson

Director

Danny Leiner

Music

David Kitay

Other

Kelly Wright, Dave Jordan, Jeff Betancourt, Bobby Sher, Alex Kavanagh, Steve Rosenzweig