Immature bundle of fun

Rating: 8/10 (19 March 2010)

Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) is your mild mannered process deliverer - handing over subpoenas, when you least expect it. Being so efficient at what he does he has lots of time to do stuff he really likes... making out with his 8 years younger high-school girlfriend or getting high. Constantly getting high. Fortunately for him Saul Silver (James Franco), a well serviced drug dealer with access to the bestest dope on the market, has a lopsided idea of them being best mates. Being such good buds Saul allows him to purchase the the bestest of the bestest - Pineapple Express... only Saul and Dale in the whole of the city have access to this dopest dope.
Unfortunately for Dale, whilst trying to service a subpoena to Ted Jones (Gary Cole), a local drug king, he witnesses a murder with a police officer (Rosie Perez) as an accomplice. Running from the scene he leaves some Pineapple Express behind... and Ted Jones is the dealer...
Seth Rogen is really on a high and scripting costarring "Pineapple Express" is another building block to being an all-time great comedian. Each of his movies is fresh and different. To some extent a pastiche of used motifs Rogen moves around various types of comedic subgenres. Each time he adds something specific to each of them molding out an almost groundbreaking comedy.
This movie is no exception. Yes, it is immature, at times dumb and hardly ever stays consistent moving from one mode to another... but it is just freakishly funny. Surprisingly James Franco steals the show from Rogen, but the chemistry between them is great. In the end we end up with a movie somewhere between Cheech/Marin and Tarantino territory (going very close to the almost perfect Hot Fuzz). Recommended watch if you don't mind a mix of stupidity, abrasiveness and genius...