stoner movie

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2013)

Seth Rogen and James Franco star in "Pineapple Express," a 2008 film, directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Rogen.
Rogen and Franco are Dale Denton and Saul Silver, two potheads. Saul is a dealer and has some exciting new stuff called Pineapple Express. He gives Dale a preview. Unfortunately Dale witnesses a murder of a drug kingpin and drops his roach at the murder site. Since no one else has this new grass, the murderers (Gary Cole and Rosie Perez) put things together pretty easily. Soon, Dale and Saul are on the run, stoned out of their minds.
While this film doesn't beat the insanity of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," it comes pretty close. Rogen and Franco are hilarious together. They have great chemistry. The scene with the cell phones in the woods is a killer and really had me laughing. They're so stoned they barely know their names throughout. Dale's appearance at his teenage girlfriend's house is another scream. The ending is actually quite exciting and while violent, it's been set up so that the violence is actually more comic book than disturbing.
Lots of very funny moments in this. I think we can all remember a time in our youth when we were so out of it, from booze or grass, that we couldn't quite focus but tried. These guys project that feeling beautifully in excellent performances.