Funny, but Apatow's most memorable film? Not really

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2008)

I work at a movie theater and we got Pineapple Express, to be honest with it's R rating, I was expecting as big of a turn out as we had, one thing that I noticed was the crowd though, how similar they looked, also their behavior was the same as well. It was kind of disturbing, but they came out of the movie theater screaming in laughter, now I'm assuming they are pot heads, no offense to those who are, but I was still curious if this movie was seriously funny to those who were either stoned or not stoned. I saw this movie, of course I'm not a pot head, so I saw it sober, thought this was a very funny movie, but I wasn't too impressed. I know I'm going to get a lot of haters for this comment, but seriously, there wasn't anything too special about this movie that would make it stand out as a stoner comedy, not to mention a production of the Apatow group, the story has no likable characters and is pretty predictable.
Dale Denton is a process server, he is 25 years old, has an 18 year old girlfriend in high school, and is a pot head. After witnessing a murder, Dale runs to his pot dealer, Saul, who unknowingly is connected to the murder in some way. But Saul helps Dale try to escape the murderers who are after him, discovering how they have already gotten to his drug dealer and are easily getting closer to him and Dale. Together they try to out run and figure a way to get out of this situation with good old fashioned Commando style action.
Now I don't want people to get me wrong, this is still a very funny comedy, has some really great moments like any other Apatow production. I seriously could not stop laughing when Saul was driving with Dale trying to escape the police and he can't see through the windshield, so Dale suggests to be like the action movie scenario where they normally push out the window like it's nothing, and instead Saul gets his foot caught in the window while driving. There are some other really good moments, but I don't want to spoil the movie for you. Pineapple Express is worth the look for sure, but it didn't really stand out for me like other comedies. I just think the hype is giving this movie too much credit, I'd say pay for the matinée.
7/10