A Brilliant,Hilarious,Over The Top Action-Comedy. An Instant Stoner Film Classic FromThe Judd Apatow Gang.

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2013)

Pineapple Express is an brilliant,hilarious Comedy that masterfully mixes laughs,Action and stoner Comedy. Filled with amazing direction,a great cast,intense,over the top Action and a memorable script,Pineapple Express is instant classic stoner Comedy and the Judd Apatow gang at their best.
Pineapple Express tells the story Dale Denton(Seth Rogan),a process server who loves his job and loves to smoke marijuana. While he's out on the job,Dale accidentally witnesses a gang related murder and with no one to turn to,Dale goes to his drug dealer Saul Silver(James Franco)and the two decide to run. Now on the run,Dale and Saul have to outrun and outsmart murderous criminals,corrupt cops and dangerous hit-man and also smoke some marijuana and laughs and chaos ensues.
What do you get when you combine Comedy,Action,a buddy movie and a Stoner film? You get the hilarious and excellent Action-Comedy stoner film Pineapple Express one of the smartest and funniest stoner films of all time that is my second favorite Judd Apatow film right behind Superbad and Pineapple Express is a funny and wonderful companion piece to Superbad. Why is Pineapple Express such a great movie is because director David Gordan Green,producer Judd Apatow and co-writer Seth Rogan have taken the stoner film genre and raised it to another level giving viewers a film that is funny and thrilling mixing great laughs and wonderful Action that is done in a surrealistic way to the point of going completely over the top. The Comedy and laughs in the film come right from the first frame and the laughs never stop until the very and the Humor isn't just based on the main characters getting high but the crazy and bizarre situations that happen throughout and viewers are not sure if the characters Dale and Saul are imagining all this or is it really happening. This film is a crazy Adventure in the highest(no pun intended)and you as the viewer are along for the ride. I don't think I have ever seen a stoner Comedy mixed with an Action film before and the way that the two genres meet and come together is fresh and original mixing funny drug induced insanity with gunfights,car chases,fights and explosions. It is as if Cheech and Chong met up with Joel Silver or Jerry Bruckheimer and decided to make an Action-Comedy. Is PE the start of a new sub genre of Stoner Action-Comedy? If it is then the roots of the sub genre started here start here. PE is also a great and fun Buddy movie because like any great buddy movie you see two great characters who can not only relate to each other but relate to the audience as well and the two great buddies in the film are Dale and Saul. Dale and Saul are great characters and a classic duo because while they are on their adventure they not only try to survive the criminals but get to know each other while they're on the run and the relationship and banter between the two is hilarious and real. What also makes them great characters is their ambitions:Dale wants to be a Radio Talk show host while Saul wants to design and build buildings. Never in a film about getting high have two stoner's been so ambitious. The screenplay by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg is fantastic,great,hilarious and truly memorable,with Rogan and Goldberg giving the main characters amazing well-written and quotable dialog which is smarter than most films about getting stoned. At 112 minutes PE moves at a great pace and fantastic energy and the film goes by fast you will not know what in the heck happened. The Action scenes in the film are wonderful with lots of great gunfights and fistfights and combing them with Comedy makes the Action scenes much more wild and chaotic. The ending or final 20-30 minutes of PE is Action-filled and have tons of laughs throughout and the ending is something you will never forget and add to PE's greatness and brilliance.
The whole cast is excellent in their roles. Seth Rogan is brilliant and funny as Dale,with Rogan bringing great laughs and dialog. James Franco is excellent and hilarious as Saul,with Franco being very believable in his performance and having amazing chemistry with Rogan. Danny McBride is amazing and is a funny scene stealer as Red,Saul's friend and fellow drug dealer. Kevin Corrigan and Craig Robinson are funny and memorable as Budlofsky and Matheson,two killers chasing Dale and Saul. Gary Cole is great as Ted Jones,a gangster and drug lord. Rosie Perez is truly wonderful as Carol,a corrupt cop who is also Ted's lover. Amber Heard is funny and beautiful as Angie,Dale's high school girlfriend. Ed Begley Jr.(Robert)and Nora Dunn(Shannon)are funny and over the top as Angie's parents. Bill Hader(Private Miller),James Remar(General Bratt),Cleo King(Police Liaision Officer) and Joe Lo Truglio(Mr. Edwards)give funny performances as well.
The direction by David Gordon Green is wonderful,with Green always moving the camera,with close-ups,angles and giving the film a great visual style. Great direction,Green.
The score by Graeme Revell is great,light,effective and matches the tone of the film. A good,memorable score by Revell. The film's soundtrack also has great songs from Huey Lewis& The News(Pineapple Express Theme song),Public Ememy(Lost At Birth),Bel Biv DeVoe(Poison),Bob Marley(Time Will Tell),Robert Palmer(Woke Up Laughing),Eddy Grant(Electric Avenue),Peter Toss(Wanted Dread or Alive),Cypress Hill(Dr. Greenthumb),Brother Noland(Coconut Girl)and more. A great soundtrack.
In final word,if you love Judd Apatow,Comedies,Action films or Stoner films,you will love Pineapple Express,an hilarious,Action-packed Stoner Comedy that you won't forget and is the Judd Apatow gang at their best. Highly Recommended. 10/10.