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How High
Universal Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for pervasive drug use and language, and for sexual dialogue.
Starring
Method Man,
Redman,
Lark Voorhies,
Trieu Tran,
Justin Urich,
Al Shearer,
Essence Atkins,
and
Obba Babatundé
Rap stars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. (Universal Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Dustin Abraham
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Jesse Dylan
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 21, 2002
Video: May 21, 2002
Theatrical: December 21, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
96 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
63
USA Today
Mike Clark
Enough low-grade laughs to entertain significantly more than some of the more prestigious year-end releases.

60
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
There's a spirit of generosity to How High that allows many performers to shine beyond its sharp and amiable stars.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Enough cheery mockery to amuse even non-tokers.

50
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Like Ice Cube's "Friday," How High probably will survive as an underground classic, until it's pushed further underground and forgotten by the next disposable "cult classic" to hit video.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Dylan's stoner comedy barely manages to string together a story, but lucky for him, his two stars radiate charisma even when they're hidden behind clouds of smoke.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The Observer won't let me get stoned before a review, so I'll never know what How High would be like after a big fat blunt. Without one, it's sloppy, broadly funny in spots and chaotic.

40
Variety
Joe Leydon
A genially haphazard but frequently amusing neo-stoner comedy that plays like "Cheech and Chong Go to Animal House."
40
TV Guide
Steve Simels
It's a good thing the two rappers are such utterly natural actors, armed with terrific comic timing.

40
LA Weekly
Mark Olsen
There is something fun about a movie that so brazenly portrays excessive pot smoking.

38
Miami Herald
Charles Savage
How High is not a particularly good movie, but then again it's not trying to be. It's a project by two B-list rappers seeking to extend their music careers in the way of stars like Will Smith, Ice Cube and Tupac Shakur.
38
Boston Globe
Joan Anderman
The biggest problem, ironically, is that even though the plot and the action center on smoking pot, it's not enough of a stoner flick. The concept of getting stoned isn't amusing; watching stoned people is.
38
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Method Man and Redman just don't have the comic timing to pull off 90 minutes at front-and-center.
30
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
Too lazy to be a comedy, too conventional to be a head movie.

30
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Many of the faces that emerge through the murk appear bug-eyed. And much of the dialogue, which is frequently shouted, is only semi-intelligible.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Doesn't look like a movie somebody made. It looks like a movie somebody hallucinated and put up on the screen.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This mess was directed with no skill whatsoever by Jesse Dylan, whose father, Bob, once urged us all to get stoned.

25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ellen Kim
Unfortunately, this low-lowbrow comedy, which tries to pass itself off as a "Friday" crossed with "Legally Blonde," also does nothing to distinguish itself from recent urban flops "The Wash" and "Pootie Tang."

20
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The drug-fueled romp turns ugly, sexist and misogynistic, as so many rap-star vehicles do.

20
Film Threat
Heather Wadowski
While How High could have been a fun comedy college students could watch over and over again, it instead plays like a bad USA movie of the week. The jokes aren't funny, the characters aren't fully developed and poor editing only makes a humorless story confusing.

11
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Meets the required minimum dosage of feature-film attributes, and then nods out when it comes to going any further.

0
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
Just when it looked like "Not Another Teen Movie" might claim the crap crown comes this stoner's tale.


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