Pineapple Express (2008)

JonJon from England , 09/09/2008

Saw this film in America in the Summer and it is rubbish from start to finish, very disappointing! I like good puerile comedy but there is little comedy to be had here. Don't waste your money and rent something else.

  26 out of 28 people found this review helpful

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itpeed from Birmingham , 09/09/2008

This film was terrible. No comedy, no story... total waste of time!

  24 out of 26 people found this review helpful

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Meako from Sheffield [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/09/2008

Written by the duo responsible for Superbad, Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, with Judd Apatow throwing a few ideas in the mix, Pineapple Express is a sizzling mix of comedy and action. Rogan plays Dale Denton, a twenty-something slacker who earns his pay serving subpoenas to people, and spends his pay on smoking weed. However when he goes to issue a subpaoena to a Ted Jones (Gary Cole) he ends up witnessing an execution which put Dale and his dealer, Saul (James Franco) in mortal peril. The two go on the run, pursued by corrupt cops, inept hitmen, and never knowing who to trust.

The film balances the serious action with the comic moments brilliantly, with the violence being very brutal, but also extemely comical in the ineptness of it all. Fights are not skilled, choreographed artforms as you tend to see in action films, but are clumsy and amateur in style, as they would be in reality, resulting in sloppy grappling, slaps, hair pulling, and biting. This is made all the more amusing by the stoned nature of the fighters, and the often bizzare cries made in the thick of the fight ('He's punching my bum!' or 'Time-out time-out!')

As with Superbad there is an underlying message in the film (something to do with accepting responsibility, realising who your friends really are, and growing up), but it never feels like it intrudes on the sheer fun of seeing someone in a high speed car chase with his foot through the windscreen. The banter thrown around between the players in the tale contains some true laugh-out-loud moments, especially when Dale and Saul are getting 'stoner paranoia'.

Another great entry in the canon of entertainment coming from the Apatow studios.

  17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Belfast/derry , 11/09/2008

did u love superbad?yes.

did u love knocked up?yes.

r u alive?yes.

r u human?yes.

do u like to laugh?yes.

do u like to watch great films?yes.

THEN U WILL LOVE THIS FILM AND U WILL LAUGH UR ASS RIGHT OFF!!!

  13 out of 14 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Bournemouth , 13/11/2008

Maybe its just me but this movie was HILARIOUS start to finish, my only tiny complaint is that there wasn't nearly enough of it! As for the people who gave this 0-1 stars I really feel for you if you cannot appreciate this type of comedy, yes its silly, yes its brash but the story really drags you in with its above all realistic quality, they basically do and say the kind of things that we do when stoned and the fight scenes are just the best comedy moments this year. My personal favourite outlandish scene is at the parents house and car campout which will have you re-enacting quotes with your friends for days.

Ovbiously the humour is on a tangent with Superbad, Knocked up etc etc

I would say give this a try if your fairly youngish, not devoid of a sense of humour, actually dont mind films that cant boast such claims as 'moving' 'intense' 'oscar worthy' because HEY you might actually enjoy it and most of all you can follow a basic constructive story (everyone here who says it didn't have a story stick to your crappy canned laughter comedies) VOILAAAA!

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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JonJon from England , 09/09/2008

Saw this film in America in the Summer and it is rubbish from start to finish, very disappointing! I like good puerile comedy but there is little comedy to be had here. Don't waste your money and rent something else.

  26 out of 28 people found this review helpful

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