Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Released 2004
Stars John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Kate Kelton, Jamie Kennedy, Steve Braun, Brooke D'Orsay, Luis Guzman
Directed by Danny Leiner

Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything into focus. That's what happens to Harold (John Cho), a Korean-American banker, and his roommate, Kumar (Kal Penn), an Indian-American med school student. Both men are at a crossroads in life, about to make major decisions that will affect the course of their future. They arrive at wisdom by accident as they drive around their New Jersey city to find the best stoner fix: White Castle burgers.

Summary by www.netflix.com

This movie is funnier than I expected, but there was too much over-the-top silliness for me. It had its moments, but things like the cheetah ride, Freak Show, and Kumar's surgery were too ridiculous for these characters who were up for a bigger challenge. I don't smoke dope or eat hamburgers, but I liked the Harold and Kumar characters. They put a new spin on the stoner genre, and they deserved a better movie. --Bill Alward, February 26, 2005