Half Baked

Name: Half Baked
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: January 16, 1998
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 16
Cast: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz

1998

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Overwhelming dislike based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 86 Ratings

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Movie Details & Credits

Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 16, 1998 | R

Starring: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz

Summary: An adventure of three potheads trying to find cash to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan to steal and sell medicinal-grade marijuana, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke!

Director: Tamra Davis

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 82 min

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Lisa Alspector

I kind of liked this slow, stoner comedy. Read full review

Maitland McDonagh

The plot is simply an excuse for a string of good-natured dope jokes (come on -- you have to love that their hookah is called Billy Bong Thornton) and goofy sight gags inspired by everything from Jerry Garcia to Jerry Maguire, most of which are undoubtedly funniest if you're eight miles high. Read full review

Jami Bernard

Reefer mildness.

Ron Wells

The title refers to your expected condition when you see this movie. Oh well. It'll be HUGE on video. Read full review

Russell Smith

The humor in this movie is basically anthropological notes on doper culture and behavior: junk-food frenzies, smoking rituals and hardware, non sequitur conversation, and short-term memory loss. In other words, stuff that passed into the realm of cliché back in the time of the Johnson administration. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

The film's deadly lulls outweigh its infrequent highs. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Someone definitely inhaled too much before making this one. Read full review

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AdamT.

Aug 26, 2008

Half Baked is an amazing comedy, you don't have to be stoned to be busting up laughing through the whole movie. Half baked is deffinatly a stoner comedy though, so if you smoke pot, this movie will almost certainly be in your top 10 favorite movies.

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JimmyP.

Jul 30, 2006

Classic cult film...before dave chappelle was dave chappelle. Classic stoner scenerio, original in getting laughs.

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Val

Sep 15, 2005

I love this move its to funniest ever.

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MikeY

Jul 20, 2007

Funnest movie I have ever seen, hence the best. I enjoy myself more with this movie than ANY other. It is too ironic to see that whoever wrote/copied the NY times review can't spell INTELLIGENT. duh.

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JacksonG.

Jan 4, 2007

First off, the critics "one-liners" are terrible. "It's a bomb, man, not the bomb," "A couple of hash brownies short of a satisfying cinematic picnic," "Sitting on your couch watching these morons sit on their couch and get wasted is like being the only straight guest at a pot party. First off, the critics "one-liners" are terrible. "It's a bomb, man, not the bomb," "A couple of hash brownies short of a satisfying cinematic picnic," "Sitting on your couch watching these morons sit on their couch and get wasted is like being the only straight guest at a pot party. Everyone else is laughing, and you're left wondering why." Those are way worse than any of this movie's "failed laughs". Secondly, Half-Baked can be enjoyed by people that smoke pot and those that do not. Although, their probably is an age cap of about 50 though.… Expand

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jpwelsh101

Dec 21, 2013

Its funny how different the critic reviews and the user reviews are.. this is a stoner man it dont get any better than this for a pothead film! Definitely in my top 5 stoner flicks of all time. This is the movie that setdave chappelle on fire and if you love dave youll love this

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DanD

Sep 29, 2005

This movie is just plain stupid. I didn't laugh once and didnt think any of the jokes were funny in the least. Skip this sorry excuse for a movie.

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