Bizarre...and refreshingly oddball funny

Rating: 7/10 (21 September 2008)

I wasn't sure what this was going to be like at all before seeing it. I'd seen the clip with Franco's foot stuck through the car windscreen of course (it's about the only trailer bit I could remember) but that wasn't much preparation. I've not really seen a stoner movie before (not and "understood" what was going on, so to speak) so this was a revelation of sorts. I'm from England, yet I have no doubt that this film is dripping 80s (and possibly even 70s) US TV nostalgia, in a similar sort of way to Son of Rambow over here.
The characters are all slightly deranged, but the observation on their little idiosyncrasies are quite delightfully done. In the end, the film is mostly about the eternal friendship that seems to pervade the stone-head's "psyche" (such as it is) and its presentation is hilarious. For some reason I found the bit where "Red" shoots off one of the dead guys' feet with a shotgun, for no apparent reason of course.
If you're not a fan of stoner's, obviously, stay away; if on the other hand you are, or you're not sure, this will probably amuse you a great deal!