Not smooth and mellow but angsty, angry and trippy.

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2008)

The first half hour of "Pineapple Express" was pretty good but then it turns into something completely different -- an action caper. At this point you could swear it was directed by Tarantino or something. Shooting people up and violence on top of violence isn't funny. This was more of a trippy comic caper than a laid back mellow stoner film. I will say the best part of the movie was James Franco playing a stoned drug dealer. He played the part beautifully. The excellent chemistry was thrown out the window once the characters picked up guns and started shooting people. Yes, it's very obvious that Rogen wrote this when he was a stoned teenager. It's not surprising then that those are the people who will most enjoy this film.