Product Description

In the year's funniest comedy, two guys on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers find themselves on a hilarious all-night adventure as they run into one screwy obstacle after another.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1780 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-01-04
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Hindi
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 88 minutes

Amazon.com
From the director of Dude, Where's My Car? comes another crazed tale of two friends on a perilous quest--in this case, to eat burgers at the fast food restaurant White Castle. The pair--repressed Harold (John Cho, Better Luck Tomorrow) and freewheeling Kumar (Kal Penn, Love Don't Cost a Thing)--get extremely high and set off on the road, only to be sidetracked by skateboarding hooligans, racist cops, an inbred tow truck driver, and Neil Patrick Harris--yes, Doogie Howser, M.D. The humor is all over the map, and it would be nice if there were one female character who wasn't a caricature, but Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle has a loose, gregarious charm, and the movie's canniness about the cliches of the buddy-movie genre give it a sneaky subversive feel--just the fact that neither of the heroes is white puts a different spin on just about every circumstance. Surprisingly clever, cheerfully stupid. --Bret Fetzer

From The New Yorker
A stoner comedy starring "persons of colors." Harold (John Cho) is a Korean investment banker, and his best friend, Kumar (Kal Penn), is a South Asian slacker avoiding medical school. The talky script presents white people as an ethnic group like any other, worthy of mockery (extreme-sports guys) and praise (John Hughes movies). Despite that innovation, Harold and Kumar encounter the usual teen-movie setups, right down to the encounter with the faded television celebrity (Neil Patrick Harris, a.k.a. Doogie Howser, M.D.). The movie is worth seeing for its manhandling of political correctness and Penn's irreverent charisma-just don't expect a revolution. Directed by Danny Leiner, whose previous effort was the Brechtian drama "Dude, Where's My Car?" -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

It'll Give You The Crave
Since before the written word, some of the most powerful, lasting stories have been tales of long and perilous journeys. Odysseus The Odyssey fought monsters and suitors alike, just trying to get home. A group of Englishmen and women, seeking the grave of a Holy Martyr that helped them when they were sick, take a pilgrimage to Canterbury. A young hobbit bites off more than he can chew when he takes the One Ring to Mount Doom. And now... Harold and Kumar go to white castle.

Okay, now that I got the dramatic intro out of my system, here goes the review. "Harold and Kumar" is very much THAT movie that you can watch with your friends over and over. There are a bunch of laughs, a fairly simple yet effective story, and constant "I can't believe they took it so far" moments. This is one of those movies where it's pretty much exactly what you expect it to be. The higher you are when you watch it, the higher your enjoyment will be. It's light enough to be rewatchable. And, most obviously, it'll give you The Crave.

So it is what it is. It's a funny movie that requires zero audience involvement and offers a lot of laughs. Although the silly moments are a bit too silly and the sweet moments are a bit too sweet, there are a lot of good bits that make this a movie that's probably worth owning on DVD. If you're looking for something to watch with your friends on a lazy night, this is a good choice.

7/10

Sounds like a preview
I've never seen this film but I think I've seen a preview of this from working at Waupaca Color Graphics when the owners secretary offers me a white castle burger and she being some kind of item to any loser that walks into that establishment.
Sounds really put-onish, sophmore like and just plain vindictive. Go to White Castle for a run of diarrea, no thanks!
The film is probably very funny and typical of these egomaniacs.

Hey, I liked it!
This is the best party movie I've seen in quite awhile. It has all the main ingredients you look for in a party movie; plenty of laughs, gratuitous nudity & zany good times.

Our heroes find themselves craving White Castle burgers after getting stoned. It does not sound like too big a deal to get to the burger joint, but their trip turns into one filled with so many quaint twists & turns that it turns into a miniature version of Road Trip (Unrated Edition)!

The funniest part of the movie was their run-in with a creepy tow-truck driver, aptly named "Freakshow." While some of it was a bit predictable, it was humorous nonetheless. The cameo by Neil Patrick Harris (AKA: Doogie Howser) was cute as well.

While I'm never big on movies that aggrandize getting high, I'm willing to make an exception in this case. If you're into the party movie genre @ all, this one is worth a look!