Synopsis
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
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Cast
- John ChoHarold Lee
- Kal PennKumar Patel
- Paula GarcésMaria
- Neil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick Harris
- David KrumholtzSeth Goldstein
- Malin ÅkermanLiane
- Kate KeltonChristy
- Brooke D'OrsayClarissa
- Steve BraunCole
- Fred WillardDr. Willoughby
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
Harold and Kumar share a quality the overgrown adolescents in films like this are never allowed to possess: They're witty, focused, and highly aware. They make having a brain look hip. - 80
Variety
Gleefully upends expectations and delivers an energetic comedy tracing two guys'all-night search for the perfect White Castle burger. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Smart, goofy and endearing, Cho and Penn make a terrific team, and the fact that they're starring in their own movie suggests that, in the Hollywood comedy frat house, there's finally room for everyone. - 75
Chicago Tribune
This stoner buddy movie is filled with raunchy, gross-out humor. It's immature, clunky and probably the best bit of groundbreaking social commentary we've seen in years. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A blissfully silly, character-driven road movie with impressive laugh-per-minute performance specs. - 70
Village Voice
Winds up a sweetly nonchalant and excellently unwhiny allegory of seeking and gaining entry to the Caucasian fortress that is present-day America, or at least nocturnal New Jersey. - 63
Miami Herald
Clearly, this unabashedly silly movie, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, is the work of people with a grasp of the stream-of-consciousness creativity that a few bong hits can impart. - 60
The A.V. Club
It boldly subverts stereotypes and challenges conventional wisdom by presenting affable Korean and Indian antiheroes who are just as sex-crazed, irresponsible, mischief-prone, and chemically altered as their white counterparts.
