Very funny. I'll probably buy the DVD.

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2008)

Pineapple Express - When Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) witnesses a murder, he and his drug dealer Saul (James Franco) go on the run from thugs and crooked policemen.
I enjoyed this movie. It kept the general atmosphere throughout and it never felt like there was an inappropriate break in the mood. It's a silly comedy with some sharp writing and some fighting scenes that manage to be funny and awesome all in one. It seemed reminiscent of Shaun of the Dead in that the main characters are normal guys who are thrown into an action movie. It's silly, but few of the characters seem very disconnected from reality.
I know Judd Apatow is gonna steal the credit for this one (he produced and helped write the story), but his director friend David Gordon Green did a good job. Seth Rogen keeps playing his funny character (It's nice in the 2000s that the leading man can be funny in comedies now) from Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin and that's a-OK for me. James Franco is great in a role that could have been terribly terribly annoying in someone else's shoes.
So all in all, a funny movie about weed and...funny things you do and say under the influence of it. It's refreshing to see a comedy without a "grow up" moral tied on. Because I don't know about you, but I go to comedies to laugh, not learn morals from them. The last 25 minutes have some violence (the movie was not looking for that 21-50 female demographic), but none of it disrupted the feel of the movie. I liked Pineapple Express better than Knocked Up and will probably buy the DVD.
In conclusion, Pineapple Express gets a B+