64
Metascore
29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanHarold 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.
- 80VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerGleefully upends expectations and delivers an energetic comedy tracing two guys'all-night search for the perfect White Castle burger.
- 80L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonSmart, 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.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThis 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.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA blissfully silly, character-driven road movie with impressive laugh-per-minute performance specs.
- 70Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimWinds 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.
- 63Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezClearly, 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.
- 60The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinIt 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.
- 50Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyFunnier when high -- what isn't? -- Harold and Kumar may also serve as the first infomercial for weed and burgers.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe multicultural cast gives a shred of substance to what's otherwise a standard adolescent gross-out flick.