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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 27 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Comedy
Written by:
Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg
Directed by:
Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 25, 2008
DVD: July 29, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language and drug use
Starring John Cho, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, Roger Bart, and Neil Patrick Harris
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. Their last adventure found them traveling across country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to satisfy a weed-induced case of "the munchies." This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong on board a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as "un-PC" as it gets. (New Line Cinema)
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What The Critics Said
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Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt
Anyone can come up with jokes about incestuous rednecks or pubic hair that "looks like Osama bin Laden's beard," but it takes guts to make a comedy in which the Indian-American hero accuses an African-American TSA agent of racial profiling, all so he won't get caught smuggling weed onto a plane.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
The big payoff, of course, is Neil Patrick Harris reprising his role as "Neil Patrick Harris."
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
It's not exactly high art, but it's certainly high.
Read Full Review >Premiere Jenni Miller
At the screening I attended, someone walked in wearing a shirt that read "I HEART BONGS," so that gives you a pretty good idea of the target audience. Maybe this time they will rouse themselves from the couch and make it possible for us to follow Harold and Kumar through more adventures.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Precisely because their attitudes are so bluntly hedonistic and apolitical, Harold and Kumar manage to be fairly persuasive when they get around to criticizing the status quo, which the movie has the wit to acknowledge itself as part of.
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
An over-the-top and beyond-PC comedy that sometimes deftly, sometimes slapdashedly infuses party-hearty anarchy with hectoring moral outrage.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker David Denby
They are Abbott & Costello with dirty mouths--indomitable, ungovernable, and possibly immortal.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Honestly, the most shocking thing put forth in Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay just might be the proposition that George W. Bush is actually a pretty cool guy.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
That rare sequel that builds on the movie that came before it without crushing its attributes to death. "Escape" doesn't feel belabored. Giddy, freewheeling and sweet-natured, it pulls off the effect of seeming spontaneous, a tall task by itself.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
Harold and Kumar are pothead patriots in the first feel-good torture film.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Harold and Kumar, fortunately, never lose their verbally relentless way of delivering raunch as pure common sense.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
If only the wit weren't overwhelmed by lame jokes about body parts, functions and fluids.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Mostly, Harold is a guilty pleasure that retains the anarchic charms of the original.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The movie is unpolished, unabashedly un-PC, and takes on as many "sacred cows" as it can uncover in a slightly-too-long 105 minutes.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
No political tract, but it can be surprisingly bold.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The jokes all revolve around weed, stereotypes, and Neil Patrick Harris; the stereotype stuff is by far the funniest.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Among the variations of gags from the original are a threesome involving Harold, Kumar and a giant bag of marijuana.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Is a truly political stoner movie even possible? The entire point of getting high is to take some of the sting out of life. The movie goes after easy targets and goes soft on the harder issues.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
It exploits post-9/11 anxieties as fodder for goofball gooniness. "Dr. Strangelove" it's not.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore
Lacks the fresh charm that made their first such an unexpected (if guilty) pleasure.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Mostly dumb, no matter how desperately and even valiantly it aims for "thinky."
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
It can devote itself entirely to bodily functions or, having established its grossness quotient, take the high road toward satire like its 2004 predecessor, "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle." It fails mainly because it does neither.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
You find yourself smiling at some of the bits, wincing through many, many others, and ultimately wondering if the pacing would've improved had either H or K developed a terrible cocaine habit.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
The movie is sporadically funny in an anarchistic way. But Cho and Penn don't have the needed personality or comic identity to sustain a franchise and their non-drug humor is so crude and scatological that -- to say the least -- it leaves a very bad taste in the mouth.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
It betrays the spirit of the stoner comedy, which has traditionally been subversive--when it wasn't detailing the love affair between two marginally functional young men and their stash of sweet, sweet herb.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 81 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daniel V. gave it a6:
I was disappointed with how this movie differs from the original. There were funny moments, but overall, it was bland. The guy second in command of homeland security was hilarious, though. And, had he not been included in this film, I do not think it would have been so funny. (The ghetto seen was also very funny). So, if you have seen the first one, and have not gotten a chance to see this one, you are not missing out.
Beth C. gave it a3:
I surprisingly enjoyed the first one and thought that any film that had the guts to call itself, "Escape from Guantanamo Bay" would have some good political satire. I was very disappointed. The film really has very little to do with Gitmo and the characters leave Cuba almost immediately (losing an opportunity for culture clash humor). Instead, there is lots of adolescent gross out humor. The Homeland Security Officer is way too broad to be really funny, although there is a good scene where his assistant attempts to speak to Harold's parents in Korean (and they answer in English). I gave up on the video at the halfway point.
Dan C gave it a3:
Where the original was fresh, funny, and clever, the sequel is anything but. The reliance on pathetic and not-funny toilet humor is sad and off-putting. The misogyny is in full bloom, and not in a funny or clever way. Glimpses of what the movie could have been come from the hilarious scenes with Neil Patrick Harris, proving once again that he belongs in a class by himself, and the good-natured final montage in Amsterdam. The final montage captures all the goofy and sweet comedic energy that this movie could have had, but totally missed. A major disappointment.
Carl W gave it a10:
Absolutely hilarious! I am in the 30-45 demographic and loved it. Sure a lot of the jokes are cheap toilet humour but there was a lot more to the movie than that. I give the movie a 10 even though there were some parts I didn't like because it was just so funny, clever and well directed. Rober Corddry as the Homeland Security Officer is pure gold. Seriously anyone who disliked this movie and I can see that a few people gave it a zero, should take a long hard look at themselves.
Paul F. gave it an8:
Basically much more funny than I thought it would be. I thought it was just going to be a big underlining political statement. There were a couple of priceless scenes, especially the ones with George W. Bush and Dougie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris). Though a bit formulalic (saw the first one after seeing this one) I really hope the make a third one. Harold and Kumar go together like Cheech and Chong but better as their personalities are distinctive from one another. In any case I highly recommend this movie but not for those who do not like crude humor as this definitely has its share. The movie does not depend on it but simply uses all mediums at it disposal.
Joe S. gave it a0:
We loved the first one. This one is awful. Explicit nudity and excessive crudity substitute for clever humor. What a disappointment!
e c gave it a6:
Joe A. used the term "anti-racist" for someone who makes fun of white people. ummm, last time i checked, that's just "racist." there's no "reverse-racism" or "anti-racism" . . . the definition of racism is: racial prejudice or discrimination. if you are an African-American and you hate whites, you are racist. if you are white and you hate African-Americans, you are racist. sorry, that comment just bothered me a lot.
