more inspired insanity from Judd Apatow & his cronies.

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2009)

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is supposedly the ideal smoke-able weed. I would not know about that stuff,as I do not smoke & way past the age where I need to get high on anything.
Who would think that a story revolving around a group of stoned pot-heads,crooked cops, Asian murderous gangs, also an underground pot farm,which is part of an old US Government conspiracy would ever appeal to me, or any other sane movie goer.
Apparently,we were all very wrong, This insane comic, slapstick farce made way over One Hundred Million dollars in the US alone.
I loved it & I do not usually like slapstick farces. Judd Apatow already has proved himself as a writer,producer & director,.He seems to have as stock company of writers & performers who ably assist in creating these insane delights.
Judd wrote the original story, he & Seth Rogan & Evan Goldberg wrote the screenplay, I am also going to say some of the dialog was improvised by various cast members.
the director is David Gordon Green.( I know I want to see more of his films).
The entire cast is great and includes.
James Franco who is not known for this type of comedy,is superb & really did deserve his Golden Globe award. Seth Rogan is a gifted a comic actor as he is a writer.I fully ignored the fact that his girl friend is still a mid teen.(we have to remember the film is fantasy). Danny Mc Bride is there hapless cohort. Gary Cole is the nasty murderous villain & Rosie Perez is a crooked cop.
Perhaps the only gripe I have is the length, slapstick farces of this kind should not be nearly 2 hours long. In this case however, the story went so fast, I did not realize the time, Neither will you. Also the 'f' words are used many many times.here it was not that offensive to me at any rate.
Excellent scenery,sets, sound, music etc.
Put all your good sense aside & see the this,.
RATINGS: ***1/2 (out of 4) 92 points (out of 100) IMBB 9 (out of 10)